Couple who lost savings after bad advice from bank wins them back in court

A couple who lost their life savings when bank shares collapsed has won them all back again in a successful appeal to the Financial Services Ombudsman, the High Court has heard.

But semi-retired veterinary surgeon Patrick Noel Buckley (aged 69) and his wife, Helen, may yet face a Supreme Court battle to hang on to their €202,000 nestegg, however.