Banking Woe for Local Councillor
It’s a number of weeks since the doors closed for the last time on 88 branches of the Bank of Ireland. A number closed in this region including Ballymote, Tubbercurry , Bundoran, Glenties, Manorhamilton and Drumshanbo This already is causing problems for customers and one of those is Sligo…
Drumshanbo coincidence — Leo’s visit and BoI closure on same day
Tanaiste Leo Varadkar’s visit to Drumshanbo, Co Leitrim came on the same day as the Bank of Ireland branch in the town closes. It’s one of 88 closing throughout the country today. Others closing in the north west include Ballymote, Tubbercurry, Bundoran, Manorhamilton and Glenties. The Finance Minister says the…
ATM’s will not be retained in Ballymote and Tubbercurry
The ATM’s in Ballymote and Tubbercurry will not be retained after Bank of Ireland closes their branches there later this year. While neither building the branches are in will be given to Sligo County Council, as previously requested by Cathoirleach of Sligo County Council, Dara Mulvey has described as very…
Bank of Ireland urged to sell former buildings to community groups
A Leitrim councillor is calling on Bank of Ireland to work with community based groups when it comes to future uses of soon to close branches across the north west. Bank of Ireland earlier this year announced that they are shutting a number of branches in the counties of…
ATM facilities needed in Manorhamilton 24-7
A north Leitrim councillor is calling on Bank of Ireland, AIB and the local Credit union to ensure that an ATM machine is retained on the street in Manorhamilton. Sinn Fein Councillor Padraig Fallon has urged the local authority in Leitrim to engage with the financial providers after Bank of…
Donegal TD brands excuses for closing local banks as ‘pathetic’
‘A pathetic example’ is how a Donegal TD has described the excuses provided by the Bank of Ireland CEO, Francesca McDonagh in justifying the decision to shut a number of branches of the bank in Sligo, Donegal and Leitrim. Bank of Ireland announced earlier this year that they would…
Bank of Ireland requested to hand over building in Ballymote and Tubbercurry to Sligo Council
The Cathoirleach of Sligo County Council is calling on Bank of Ireland to hand back the buildings where their branches were situated in Ballymote and Tubbercurry to the control of the local authority in Sligo or to local communities. Cllr Dara Mulvey has also called on Bank of Ireland…