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BANK OF IRELAND customers have been reporting problems with debit cards today.
It looks like the situation has now been resolved, but some card-holders said they were still experiencing problems paying for items this evening.
A customer care agent who spoke to TheJournal.ie at around 8pm said there had been a problem with point-of-sale transactions from around four this afternoon, and that there there was a still a backlog of payments being worked through.
Another customer care agent, who spoke to us shortly before 9pm, said they had been dealing with complaints earlier in the evening, but that the problem had been resolved.
A spokesperson for the bank said they had looked into the situation, and all cards were working as normal.
ATM transactions were unaffected by the glitch, but customers reported problems paying for items online or at shop tills.
Disgruntled Bank of Ireland customers have been taking to Twitter to voice their dissatisfaction…
Big Grill Festival / TwitterAll our business and personal cards are still not working @talktoBOI ! Ridiculous
— Big Grill Festival (@biggrillfest) December 2, 2014
Bank of Ireland / Twitter@biggrillfest Hi, if you would like to call B365 on 0818365365 a rep will be happy to look into this for you thanks^LL
— Bank of Ireland (@talktoBOI) December 2, 2014
Bank of Ireland / Twitter@liam11 Hi Liam, we've received some tweets on this, we'll look into this for you now. Thanks ^SD
— Bank of Ireland (@talktoBOI) December 2, 2014
kirsty / Twitter@talktoBOI is there a problem with BOI today, transactions declined everywhere yet there's money in my account?
— kirsty (@kirstofski_) December 2, 2014
kirsty / Twitter@talktoBOI this was between 3-7 today, not impressed.
— kirsty (@kirstofski_) December 2, 2014
There were similar problems with Permanent TSB cards last week — in that instance, the situation was also resolved within the space of a few hours.
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Yes, and they’re the only other EU country with an opt-out of the EU migration pacts also, which they utilised to great success.
It just means enforcing pre-existing laws. Something that our Dept of Justice can’t or won’t do for some reason.
(Denmark CHOSE to opt in to the temporary Ukrainian asylum pact)
@Finn Barr: You’re obsessed with immigration
Ha! I’ve been to Denmark, and I have spent a lot of time in Spain (not as a tourist)… And I can confirm, there’s no place like Ireland.
@Seriously Really: I’m just curious if you don’t mind, what are the main differences between the three countries that make Ireland a better place than Denmark or Spain for you? xxx
@mariona l: To be pedantic, Seriously Really didn’t say that Ireland was better, just that there is no place like it.
(Although that might have been the intention.)
@Seriously Really: Yes, I wish they’d asked Irish people whether they’d been to the other countries for more than a fortnight’s holiday!
No countries are quite alike. I think some respondents chose a country that they spent pleasant holidays in. The Danes make an intensive use of their agricultural land. Their cities are zoned and carefully landscaped. Danish personality attitudes may be very different from Irish.
If only our country was as progressive. Imagine living in a country with good public services.
No reporting on attempted child abduction in dublin by migrant yesterday any news journal
@david duncan: do a Google search for “attempted abduction dublin” and you’ll find all the reports you need, even by the Journal.ie. Just because you didn’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not there.
@Oretani Wildlife: I was curious and try to find myself.
The reports you’re talking about seem to be all from last week.
David is talking about yesterday and all I could find are some stories on “X” with an “EXCLUSIVE” interview by right-wing buddy Gavin Pepper.
Why does ‘TEAM IRELAND not recognise irish people !??
“Denmark supports a high standard of living—its per capita gross national product is among the highest in the world—with well-developed social services. The economy is based primarily on service industries, trade, and manufacturing; only a tiny percentage of the population is engaged in agriculture and fishing.”
@Thesaltyurchin: Is that a quote, & from where? True enough that Irish people aren’t as interested in fishing – historical reasons there – but we have a large agricultural economy, surely?
You have an incorrect spelling there for Connacht FYI.
Interesting that Labour supporters have an affinity with that reservoir of the far-right.
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: Denmark a reservoir of the far-right? What a ludicrous comment. Its government consists of social democrats, liberals and moderates.
Of all the established parties in Ireland, SF attracts the most support from those with right-wing views on immigration etc.
@Brendan O’Brien: Read my comment again, Brendan.
Read.
And try to understand.
@Brendan O’Brien: That’s because those people were too ignorant to realise that Sinn Fein are a pro immigration party up until recent events. That was always going to come and SF don’t know how to deal with it.
@Brendan O’Brien: yet their policy is open boarders
A Dubliner dies and goes to heaven, St Peter shows him his new mansion as he always wanted, a park to walk the dogs, a leasing centre, there was no heat, no cold, no sickness, just pure peace and quiet as he always wished. He sat in the benches watching people walk their dogs, played football with others. He got bored after a week, asking St Peter if he could see he’ll. St Peter told him that there’s a days package to visit he’ll, just go to the lift, press the 666 and wait to go down.
When the doors opened , there’s was party music playing, a Vegas casino, people serving drinks, weed, his old friends were there. He hit the jackpot at the a lot machine, got drunk, stoned, got lucky with a devil girl.
At 6am he came back drunk to heaven and asked St Peter to take out his name off heaven, that he was going to hell: “All what you wished while you were alive, peace, security, health, you got it here in heaven, if I do this, there will be no turning back” St Peter warned him. “So what, it’s boring here, back home I had to hustle, I had adrenaline, I got nothing here”.
The Dubliner went back to the lift, pressed 666, but when the doors opened, there was no Vegas, no music, no friends, drinks, no fun, just 7 giant burning pots. A demon grabbed him with his trident and put him into a burning pot. The Dubliner suffering shouted for the Devil, he appeared saying “what do you want?”..”Devil, I was here yesterday and I had a lot of fun, now I’m getting screwed, what’s the story man?”.. “well, let that be a lesson that one thing is being a tourist and the other is being an immigrant”.
@bruce banner. Never mind good, I’d settle for living in a country with public services.
more eu propaganda….bit like Hitler in the late 30′s
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