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Wed 02 Feb 2010750 jobs to go as bank closes Irish branch network
BANK OF Scotland (Ireland) is closing down the bank’s Halifax business and Irish branch network with the loss of 750 jobs, forcing more than 50,000 credit card and current account customers to move their business.
In another dramatic day of change for the Irish banking sector, the bank, which is owned by the part-nationalised UK bank Lloyds, said it will close its 44 Halifax branches, starting in May, as it withdraws from personal banking to focus on business banking.
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