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Stop the Bank Closures: Sign up for our meeting on bank closures
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Every person living in rural Ireland and in the areas of Cork identified for closure will be horrified by the news that Bank of Ireland is pulling out of our communities. This is akin to ripping the commercial heart out of Provincial Ireland. These branches provide a focal point not just for everyday banking but wider community itself.
These closures will change the face of our towns, and the impact will be seen on our main streets, felt by family businesses and I am gravely worried about the impact this will have on job losses throughout the entire rural economy.
The cynical attempt of the Bank to use COVID as cover for these closures is an insult to staff and local communities. Seeing their workers as merely numbers does not take into account what’s happening in local branches throughout the country where bank staff play a fundamental role in our rural economy.
This Government is talking out of both sides of its mouth on regional development. It speaks of revitalising main streets again, but if services as basic as the bank move completely online, there will be no main street to revitalise.
If the Government is banking on the National Broadband Plan to be the saving balm on these closures, they simply are not listening to people across rural Ireland with sub-standard broadband struggling to email, let alone bank.
Sign Up for the meeting here (https://mailchi.mp/f6fc1284bdd7/online-meeting)
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