Hi boconnor. At present it is very difficult to obtain funding from another commercial institution especially if you are refinancing. The deal would have to be bluechip as I have discovered over the last number of months, through dealing directly with banks on commercial cases.
Depending on the nature of the deal and size, a bank outside of Ireland could be approached. However this is for large mutlimillion deals.
If you could give an outline of your case, it would be helpful. But at this moment and time shopping around is not an option in Irish commercial banks