Bank of Ireland retirees stage Cork protest amid calls to review crisis-era pension cutbacks

Pensioners are pushing senior management at Bank of Ireland to revisit pension agreements made in the aftermath of the financial crisis

Bank of Ireland retirees protesting outside the bank's South Mall branch in Cork City amid calls to revisit crisis-era pension cutbacks

Former Bank of Ireland employees from across the country gathered in Cork City on Thursday to protest what they called an “unconscionable unwillingness” by senior management to revisit pension reductions implemented during the financial crisis.

Pensioners from across four provinces congregated on Cork’s South Mall outside the lender’s main city branch, marking the second major protest by former employees in recent weeks following their demonstration outside the bank's Dublin headquarters in October.