Yates brands AIB ‘inhuman’ for pursuing his wife over a €3.4m debt

Former government minister Ivan Yates has launched a scathing attack on AIB over the bank’s efforts to also pursue his wife, Deirdre, for a €3.4m debt.

Yates brands AIB ‘inhuman’ for pursuing his wife over a €3.4m debt

The businessman and broadcaster, who returns as co-presenter of Newstalk’s Breakfast tomorrow, has also branded AIB as “arrogant, inhuman bastards” in a forthcoming book on his financial problems.

Mr Yates — who was discharged as a bankrupt in Britain last week — yesterday revealed his shock at learning in November that he and his wife were the only two people who AIB had sought to declare bankrupt in the previous two years, despite the thousands of bank customers who have defaulted on their debts.

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