FSU leads coalition campaign to 'save' Ulster Bank

Sinn Féin and Labour Party have also called on NatWest to commit to a future in Ireland for Ulster Bank 

If Ulster Bank's parent company, UK-based NatWest chooses to close the bank in Ireland, thousands of jobs will be lost. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/Rollingnews.ie

The Financial Services Union has launched a campaign to save Ulster Bank in the Republic of Ireland.

The union, which represents up to 70% of the 3,000 people employed by the bank in the north and sound of the island, has written to the directors of Ulster Bank’s parent company, NatWest to set out the concern of staff and customers arising from media reports on a strategic review of the Ulster Bank business in the Republic of Ireland.