Man blames bank queues for not paying €84k arrears

A businessman told a judge that long queues in his local AIB branch was creating difficulties for him in paying off an €84,000 arrears debt on his mortgage.

Martin Ryan, of 40 Carrickbrack Road, Baily, Howth, Co Dublin, told Judge Jacqueline Linnane that when he dropped into his Sutton branch he was met with long queues.

“They are always very busy and you have to queue for an hour to make a payment,” Ryan told the Circuit Civil Court.