Doherty at odds with Bank of Ireland over branch closures
Bank of Ireland will today deny it’s using reduced footfall during the pandemic as an excuse to close branches. Donegal TD Pearse Doherty has taken issue with the claim. Representatives of Bank of Ireland will appear before the Oireachtas finance committee to explain why it’s shutting 103 branches…
Still a demand for face to face banking
84% of people believe face-to-face banking is still important, or very important. New research, conducted for the Financial Services Union, found the rate is above 90 per cent for over-65s. The union says the sector is in ‘turmoil’ – with Ulster Bank leaving the Republic, and Bank of…
Online meetings get underway today in relation to Bank closures
A number of online meetings aimed at reversing the decision to close a number of local branches of Bank of Ireland will get underway this evening. Sinn Fein are hosting the online public meetings calling on Bank of Ireland to keep branches in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal open. …
Credit Union will be an alternative to departing banks
A former Sligo county councillor says people affected by the closure of bank branches in Ballymote and Tubbercurry should consider using their local credit union. Bank of Ireland says its services will be provided through nearby post offices but Keith Henry says the credit union helped fill the void…
Online IFA meeting this evening to discuss bank closures
Concerns have been expressed in farming circles in relation to the closure of Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank branches in the North West. To discuss the situation, the Connaught branch of the IFA are holding an online meeting this evening. The meeting will be chaired by Pat Murphy, Connaught…
Banking services from Post Offices is far from being signed, sealed and delivered
As the fallout continues from yesterday’s announcement by Bank of Ireland about its branch closures, including nine in the North West, a Leitrim councillor and post mistress says she knows nothing about an arrangement for post offices to provide banking services. Cllr Mary Bohan has called for clarity to…
Online meetings in Donegal to prevent bank closures
Sinn Fein is to hold a number of online public meetings throughout Donegal to call for Bank of Ireland branches to be kept open. The meetings are to take place in the five towns where the bank yesterday confirmed it is to close branches from September. The Bundoran meeting will…