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UP TO 1,000 people marched in Ferbane today to protest a decision by Ulster Bank to close the only bank in the town.
The Offaly branch is one of 14 Ulster Bank have earmarked for closure with the doors due to shut in March 2015.
Campaigners say that, after nearby branches in Shannonbridge, Cloghan and Kilcormac were closed, account holders moved to Ferbane were told the branch’s future was safe.
Pat O’Callaghan, from an action group set up to save the branch, told TheJournal.ie that Ulster Bank customers in Ferbane and the surrounding hinterland have been told that their accounts are being moved to Athlone, some 20km away.
O’Callaghan says that the bank’s closure would be “a huge blow to the community” adding that it has been there since 1919.
A meeting between campaigners and Ulster Bank representatives held earlier this week involving TDs Marcella Corcoran Kennedy and Barry Cowen concluded without progress.
The marchers in Ferbane assembled outside Ulster Bank to hear speakers demand a meeting with Ulster Bank CEO Jim Brown.
O’Callaghan said that the group’s protests are “only getting started” with a demonstration at Ulster Bank’s Dublin HQ not being ruled out.
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can people stop bringing up the sh**te political world when it comes to something as innocent as a Toy Show??? People across the country and world wait for this particuar TV moment at this time as it signifies the start of Christmas………….well for me anyway! Merry Christmas all :)
One of my favorite childhood memories
Love the toyshow it brings back such fond memories :-) I don’t care who presents it but in fact I think Ryan does a lot better with the kids has more time for them then any of the previous presenters .
The audience will be hearing a lot of And there is one for everyone in the audience…Lucky people.
Used to wait with huge anticipation for this, but since plastic tubs started doing it, it’s just not the same.
Gay Byrne had charm. Ryan Tubridy has….
Answer on a postcard.
Something to cheer us all up,real entertainment
Early on the go this morning Christina!
Promised the 5year old he could stay up for it.so I suppose ill have to watch it.with a glass of wine maybe
You can never take away the great memories and nostalgia of this from when you were a kid. However that doesn’t mask the fact that it’s a load of sh**te! People abroad getting upset over missing this need to take a good, hard look in the mirror.
The guru……captain bringdown!!! The guru of buzzkills
Whoop, whoop! A Chinese meal & babysitting my crazy niece! Bring it on! #toyshow #onlydoingitforthekid #Iswear
The perfect time to start watching Lilyhammer on Netflix – but that applies to any Late Late Show.
In our times of austerity when people are already squeezed! They put this on
Well done Michael….ya clown!
Jaysus, don’t be so bloody boring.
Ok well before some of you go down my throat, I’m only tell you the way it is, some people wont have a chicken for Christmas dinner never mind a turkey, so you will say switch it off but you can’t win when there a adverts on about it.
Yes, it’s everywhere, which is why we don’t need people bringing it up on lighthearted articles about the Toy Show.
Michael
Most of us are pretty broke these days but you cant deny kids the magic of the Late Late Toy Show just cos we are feeling the pinch. Dreaming about what Santa Claus might bring……
Besides there are great charities out there who do trojan work to help families who are in need.
Michael I grew up in the 80s in absolute poverty. Children do know when their parents are strapped for cash but the toy show is an absolute pleasure to rich & poor!!
The toy I wanted from santa back in the 80s was the speak and spell computer, they say it was the first home computer back in the day..
m.youtube.com/watch?v=cgNAqh4Mg9Q
Yes there was absolute poverty back then and I was a kid who grew up at the time, I wanted that toy as soon as I seen it in the toyshow but santa never delivered, hence my argument
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