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Ulster Bank hit with record €38 million fine over tracker mortgage scandal

By Kilkenny Now 25th March 2021 0

The Central Bank of Ireland has just announced it has fined Ulster Bank Ireland a record €38 million fine over failings in dealing with close to 6,000 tracker mortgage customers. The €37,774,520 fine is a record for a financial institution in Ireland and is in response to the bank’s failings in dealing with, and the […]

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Kilkenny woman appointed President of prestigious agri science body

By Kilkenny Now 14th September 2020 Post a comment

A Kilkenny woman has been appointed as the 71st President of the Agricultural Science Association (ASA). From a tillage farm in Kilkenny, Dr Anne Marie Butler is Senior Agricultural Manager with Ulster Bank. She holds a Degree and PhD in Agriculture from UCD and previously lectured in the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science […]

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Relief for Kilkenny mortgage holders as banks to offer three-month Covid-19 payment break

By Kilkenny Now 18th March 2020 0

Kilkenny mortgage holders affected by Covid-19 are to get a payment break of three months as part of a series of measures designed to ease the financial pressure many are experiencing as a result of the outbreak. Following a meeting between the Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe and the five main banks this afternoon it […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Service with a smile? Don’t bank on it

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2020 0

IT is only a few years since Irish banks picked the pockets of every taxpayer for a bail-out to keep them in business. Now they don’t want our money. Well, not the cash anyway; the coins and paper notes. All of the main banks now run some cash-free branches. They don’t take in money and […]

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‘New bank culture board is rigged’ – Kilkenny TD John McGuinness

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2019 0

OUTSPOKEN Kilkenny TD John McGuinness has claimed the new board set up to improve banking culture is “rigged” in favour of the lenders and not customers. Deputy McGuinness, who is also chair of the Oireachtas Finance Committee, said he lacked faith in the Irish Banking Culture Board (IBCB), which last week appointed 14 board members. […]