€17k award against bank

A Dublin businessman who stashed away two €6,350 bonds for a rainy day was told when he went to cash them that the accounts had been closed years ago, the Circuit Civil Court heard yesterday.

Brendan Dunne was yesterday awarded €17,400 plus legal costs in his action against Danske Bank.

Mr Dunne, aged 62, said he and his late father, James Dunne, invested almost 30 years ago in two Cash Bonus Certificates which were deposited in a security envelope at a Northern Bank (Ireland) — now Danske Bank — branch.