Bank manager was ‘devastated’ after being fired

A bank manager who was fired for breaching AIB’s code of ethics and conflict of interest guidelines yesterday revealed his devastation at losing his job.

Declan Maher said he and his family faced a bleak future after he was dismissed from his near €100,000-a-year job as bank manager of AIB Clifden, Co Galway, in 2011.

His dismissal followed an internal investigation and separate independent probe into a letter he wrote on AIB-headed notepaper, indicating sanction in principle for a $60m (€45m) loan to BMB — a partnership in which he held a 50% share.