AIB BANK has begun repaying up to €100,000 to thousands of people stung by the failed businessman behind the Winter Wonderland visitor attraction at the Curragh.

THOUSANDS of people who paid by credit card for the failed Winter Wonderland project will get their money back.

THOUSANDS of people, including 600 seriously ill children, were hit with a Christmas crisis yesterday as the Winter Wonderland project in the Curragh was cancelled.