Donegal Councillor urges Ulster Bank to make statement
A Donegal Councillor is calling on Ulster bank to immediately release a statement in relation to their future. The calls are made as customers of the bank across the north west are assessing their options amid speculation the bank is to pull out of the Irish market. The bank’s parent…
Ulster Bank weather fund to help farmers through the winter
Ulster Bank says it’s launched a new €15m weather fund to help farmers under financial pressure as a result of extreme weather conditions. Anne-Marie Butler, Agriculture Manager with Ulster Bank says they are aware of the challenges this year has brought. The fund is a loan and will be open…
Gardai are warning of a scam phone call today
Gardai are warning of a scam phone call today. There are reports of calls to mobiles from an Irish number, purporting to be from Ulster Bank and seeking personal banking details. A resident in Manorhamilton informed Gardaí that they received the call today. Gardai say this is a scam and people…
Banking in a van on the side of a Ballymote street: ‘Far from Ideal’
Small and cramped is how the new Ulster Bank mobile banking van is being described in Ballymote. And while it’s better than nothing a local Councillor says it’s far from ideal. The ‘Ulster Bank on Wheels’ visits Ballymote twice a week now on a Monday and a Thursday. But it’s…
Campaigners say rural Ireland need to be looked on for housing crisis solutions
Campaigners against the closure of local services say rural Ireland needs to be looked on as a solution to the current housing crisis in the capital. Vincent Roddy, of the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association and a farmer in south Sligo says the closure of the Ulster Bank branches…
End of an Era as Ballymote and Ardara Ulster Bank branches close
It’s the end of an era today in two north west towns as bank branches close. Ulster Bank will shut its outlets in Ballymote, Co Sligo, and in Ardara, Co Donegal. The bank has been in operation in both towns for generations. In Ardara, there is no other bank branch…
Ulster Bank says ATMs will remain after branch closures
Ulster Bank says the ATMs in Ballymote in county Sligo and in Ardara in county Donegal will be retained. The two bank branches are set to close as planned on the 8th of September. The bank announced in March its plans to close a number of branches with the accounts…