O'Donnell Strongly Questions Proposed Closure of AIB Ennis Road branch in Limerick City
Limerick TD, Kieran O'Donnell is strongly questioning the proposed decision by AIB to close its long-standing branch on the Ennis road in Limerick City, which is due to take place on 5th November next and is asking for a reversal of this decision.
This branch is located in St. James Court across from the Gaelic grounds on the Ennis road.
"I have written to Mr. Colin Hunt, CEO of AIB expressing my surprise and strong disappointment with the proposed closure of AIB’s long-standing Ennis road branch in Limerick City on 5th November next and questioning the reason behind this disproportionate impact on the entire north-side of Limerick city and asking for this decision to be reversed.
The activities of this busy branch are being transferred to the city centre main AIB Bank at 106 O’Connell Street, which is 2.6km away from the Ennis road branch.
In my letter to Mr Hunt I raised a number of features that are striking about this proposed branch closure here in Limerick.
I asked him to address the following:
This busy long-standing AIB Ennis road branch serves a very large population and geographical area of Limerick City.
We will have the stark situation where the whole of the northside of Limerick City and suburbs will have no AIB Branch after this proposed closure on 5th November next.
Whilst there are city and suburbs branch closures in Cork city, these are an average of 1.5km from the branch their activities are being transferred to, whereas the AIB Ennis road branch is 2.6km away from 106 O’Connell branch in the city centre.
The impact on the AIB staff at this branch on the Ennis road, Limerick
That this proposed AIB branch closure at the Ennis road, Limerick would not proceed.
We need answers to these questions and I will be pursuing the matter with Mr. Hunt and AIB.”
