Winter Blunderland credit card victims to get cash back from AIB

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

A spokesperson for AIB confirmed last night it would be writing to each of its customers who booked their tickets with an AIB credit card. Customers will be asked to fill out a form and their money will be refunded within days. AIB will also be writing to each of the other issuing banks telling them to send out these forms to their customers who will also be refunded.

The man behind the failed project, Adrian Smyth, faxed the racecourse on Monday saying he was forced to cancel the event because of circumstances beyond his control. It is estimated that almost 4,000 people had bought tickets for the event. It also emerged yesterday that no planning permission or special licence was sought by the promoters of Winter Wonderland, even though it would take up to 16 weeks to process such an application. While bosses at the racecourse did make inquiries about the need for a special licence for the event, no application was made by the promoters of the event.