BOI to close 103 branches; locked out of Covid support; and the scourge of work email Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk Mon, Mar 1, 2021, 06:58
Bank of Irelandconfirmed on Monday it is closing 103 branches on the island of Ireland, reducing its network in the Republic by about a third and its locations in the North by more than half, as Covid-19 has accelerated a shift in the industry towards digital banking. Essential businesses that have been allowed to open in Dublin city centre are at risk of collapse, traders warn, because tourist and worker footfall has collapsed but they are still not allowed avail of the Covid Restrictions Support Scheme. Mark Paul reports that lobby group Dublin Town s calling for the scheme rules to be relaxed to save businesses.