Bank customer refused €5k in mix-up over laundering rules

FORGET the luxury of Las Vegas, the class of the Caymans or even the moneyed delights of Monaco.

Judging by the way Bank of Ireland wrongly treated one of its loyal customers, dastardly money-launderers are just as likely to be living la dolce vita in... Macroom.

The unusual revelation was put to one customer in the mid-Cork town after she was blocked from taking a relatively small amount of cash out of her three decades-old local account due to anti-money-laundering rules.