Covid-19: Aer Lingus layoffs and Bank of Ireland to close 103 branches

Aer Lingus will be temporarily laying off 129 staff members at Shannon Airport without pay for three months. The airline said it was no longer sustainable to continue rostering inflight service and ground operations given no flights have operated to or from the airport since 5 April last. 

Bank of Ireland plans to close 88 branches in Ireland and a further 15 in Northern Ireland. No branches will close in the next six months with the closures set to begin from September. 

In a statement released this morning the locations were confirmed as:

Carlow

• Boris
• Tullow

Cavan

• Arva
• Cootehill
• Kingscourt

Clare

• -Kilkee
• -Miltown Malbay
• Tulla

Cork

• Cork Institute of Technology
• Glanmire
• Bantry
• Cobh
• Dunmanway
• Kanturk
• Millstreet
• Michelstown
• Youghal

Donegal

• Bunbeg
• Bundoran
• Dungloe
• Glenties
• Moville

Dublin

• James Street
• Law Library
• Phibsboro
• Ballycoolin
• Killester
• Merrion Road
• Rathmines
• Ballyfermot

Galway

• Ballygar
• Dunmore
• Oughterard

Kerry

• Castleisland
• Kilorglin
• Tralee IT

Kildare

• Celbridge
• Kilcullen
• Leixlip – HP/Intel
• Monasterevin

Kilkenny

• Callan
• Graiguenamanagh
• Thomastown
• Urlingford

Laois

• Durrow
• Mountrath
• Rathdowney

Leitrim

• Drunshambo
• Manorhamilton

Limerick

• Abbeyfeale
• Askeaton
• Bruff
• Caherdavin
• Rathkeale
• Roxboro
• University of Limerick

Longford

• Granard

Louth

• Dunleer

Mayo

• Ballyhaunis
• Charlestown
• Kiltimagh

Meath

• Athboy
• Enfield
• Ratoath

Monaghan

• Castleblayney
• Clones

Offaly

• Banagher
• Clara
• Edenderry

Roscommon

• Elphin
• Strokestown

Sligo

• Ballymote
• Tubbercurry

Tipperary

• Cahir
• Cashel
• Templemore

Waterford

• Ardkeen
• Kilmacthomas
• Lismore

Westmeath

• Athlone IT
• Castlepollard
• Kinnegad
• Moate

Wexford

• Rosslare
• Taghmon

Wicklow

• Carnew
• Rathdrum
• Tinahely

The following Northern Ireland branches will also be closed:

• Ballymena
• Banbridge
• Belfast Lisburn Road
• Belfast Ormeau Road
• Belfast University Road
• Crossmaglen
• Derry Strand Road
• Downpatrick
• Dungannon
• Keady
• Limavady
• Lisburn
• Lisnaskea
• Portadown
• Strabane

Credit https://www.thejournal.ie/aer-lingus-shannon-layoffs-5368952-Mar2021/

https://www.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-branch-closures-5368510-Mar2021/

Bank of Ireland in Dublin , Photo by Cory Woodward on Unsplash