Today’s announcement of the imminent withdrawal of cash services to the people of Lismore by AIB shows scant regard for the customers who have been loyal to the bank through good times and bad.

We now call on AIB senior management,The Minister For Finance and The Taoiseach to reverse these proposed cuts to banking services in the Lismore branch.

The bank’s announcement that from October 21st 2022 the branch will no longer offer cash and cheque services at the counter, neither will they provide cash lodgement and withdrawal machines inside the branch, and the ATM cash machine outside the bank will also be removed.

From October, customers will no longer have access to notes, coins, cheques, foreign exchange or bank drafts at the Lismore branch, customers will have to travel to Dungarvan or Fermoy for these services.

The bank also proposes to remove drop safes and night safes, another blow to the commercial life and business premises of the town.

This decision by AIB will have a huge negative impact on the people of Lismore and the surrounding area  

It is time AIB decision makers listened to their customers.

This decision, taken in a board room of faceless bureaucrats, must be reversed in the interest of West Waterford and our people.