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AIB ceased cash counter services at the end of 2022
Local businesses in Manorhamilton are facing significant challenges due to recent cuts in banking services. Banking services across Ireland have become increasingly depleted in recent years, and at the end of 2022 AIB ceased its cash counter services meaning customers were unable to lodge money or withdraw cash and can only do so by machine.
Manorhamilton, once home to three banks, saw its Ulster Bank branch close 10 years ago, followed by the Bank of Ireland branch five years ago. This has resulted in the second-largest town in County Leitrim with only a single AIB branch.
Banks services in Manorhamilton are utilised not only by its residents, but also by those from Northern Ireland, given its location as a border town. Concerns have been raised within the community about the effect the depleted banking services are having on the town, with fewer people coming into the North Leitrim town to carry out business.
Sligo-Leitrim TD, Deputy Frank Feighan wrote a letter to AIB following current anxieties voiced by residents. In the letter, he requested an upgrade of services for the AIB branch in Manorhamilton. He also stressed the effect this is having on the town, remarking that the unreliable AIB cash machine has driven customers to go to Carrick-on-Shannon and Sligo, resulting in a loss of business for Manorhamilton.
"Manorhamilton AIB served the border area and consequently a lot of people based in Northern Ireland come to bank in the town, in fact it is suggested that up to 20 per cent of the bank customers came from Northern Ireland so that means than when those people came to Manorhamilton specifically to deal with their banking business and now unfortunately have no reason to come to the town and perhaps shop there also.
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