IT staff want bank’s plans clarified

FRUSTRATED information technology (IT) workers want Bank of Ireland to tell them the 600 Irish-based jobs will not be outsourced to India.

The Irish Bank Officials Association (IBOA) yesterday demanded that Bank of Ireland (BOI) senior management clarify its future plans for two of its IT divisions and the 600 IT specialists, earning between 30,000 and 40,000 a year, employed by the bank in Dublin and Wicklow.

IBOA industrial relations officer Brendan Kenny said they have grave concerns that hundreds of Irish IT jobs could be outsourced to India.