First day in Ireland and just trying to get my feet wet with zero cash until I happened upon this…read moreestablishment. I felt confident as I watched a multitude sidle up to the ATMs to conduct their transactions without any problems. Besides, it wasn't exactly a kiosk at a pub, right? I mean we're talking the Bank of Ireland, so I popped in my card without much thought and out popped my euros. No worries at all. Just a little irritation coming from the lady behind me as I took my time to make sure I got it right. As far as I can tell, all went well and I'm still in possession of a few of those euro, thanks to some savvy maneuvering on my part!

How do you go about rating a credit union?! Five stars, they give out money like it's water!!!?…read moreHehe. No. They don't do that. Though they do give some money sometimes..!!! The main thing here is how lovely the staff are. Helpful, friendly and they are there to genuinely assist you if they can at all. So, how do you rate credit unions?! By the staff? By the building? By the moneycashdolla? Either way, this one gets top marks from me!

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The people are pleasant…read more That's the only good thing I have to say. Their policies are awful. If you haven't gotten your debit card yet, this branch is even more useless because they don't handle any cash. of course, I didn't find that out until Monday morning and had to wait that long because I was not given the account data until 3:45 PM on Friday, two days after the application was submitted, and 15 minutes before they close. Therefore, there was no way I could deposit cash into the account anyway, and so spent a few days without services, all because this bank can't get anything done quickly. I will be leaving the moment my AIB account is open.

I use this bank quite often as it's closest to where I live, very spacious inside with tables and…read morechairs to sit and work. They offer free coffee and tea, and also provide all the usual services of BOI like accounts, loans, mortgages etc. but with a focus on new business start ups. It's probably the most modern and new looking BOI branch I've been too, and there are always a few people working on their computers. The staff are very attentive and helpful and they process everything in an efficient manner. The great thing about this branch is the opening hours; it's open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays except Thursdays where it's open until 8pm. On Saturday they are open from 9am to 1pm which is also handy. Overall, a modern trendy looking branch that caters well for the 9-5 work shift!

This place was an amazing breath of fresh air compaired to all I went through with other banks on…read moreFriday. I got up and headed down to my local branch preparing to sell my soul and cry if I had to. As it turns out, tears weren't needed. It would seem all the paperwork The Bank From Up North wouldn't accept proved to be more than enough. The lovely lady who helped me suggested I set up student account as there are no fees. Score. All in all it took less than twenty minutes for me to set up my account. Love these guys.

I probably shouldn't admit to this for fear that one day someone might recognise me at the…read morePermanent TSB ATM and try and mug me. It's not worth it if you're planning on it because normally I'm upset if I can't take a tenner out. However, there is the odd time when I need to handle larger sums of money, say when I'm paying the rent. At times like this you either have to plan your ATM withdrawals very cleverly for several days, i.e., Bank of Ireland only lets you take out €300 at a time, and then most times that's your last withdrawal for a day. That's where Permanent TSB comes in, it lets you take out larger sums sometimes up to €750 if you're really lucky! So the next time you're thinking of laying all your money on the dogs, skip Bank of Ireland and go straight to Permanent!

Normally I don't take the time to write Reviews, but this has been getting on my nerves so much I…read morejust have to let it loose. After having moved to Ireland I started off with AIB. This was a horrible experience in terms of Fees. AIB just charges ridiculous fees for every thing. Simply put you pay fees on almost every transaction... So I Switched to Permanent TSB. Which was said to be FEEless. However.. as it turns out... Permanent TSB charges you 10 euros for Every transaction that can not be completed. So if you have just 1 cent too little on your account, rather than going to a negative balance and being charged interest over that (of normally around 10 to 15% abroad) you get a 10 euro charge.. which is amounts to ridiculous amounts if, like me, you're a person that doesn't keep big amounts of money on his current account (which I'm not forced to do) But worst of all.... WORST of all is the HORRIBLE Online experience. Open24. They call it Internet banking, but it's simply the most outdated ONline banking experience I've ever had. In Netherlands we had better online banking than this 10 years ago... You cannot see your own bank account number. You can't see your pending transactions. You cannot search in your statements without having to request them first and get some kind of Code... Basically you can't do anything except see your balance and the last 10 completed transactions. It's got an overly complicated Login system that is unrelated to your bankaccount number, resulting in me having to remember 4 different numbers to be able to use the online banking. There is no security Token involved... and worst of all... this is all done to make things save, however if you are logged in you can basically do whatever you like without further verification. Irish banking isn't very good, but this is just the worst. I don't understand how people accept this ridiculous level of service. Only reason I didn't give it the lowest score is because all Irish banks are pretty bad in terms of Fees and Online banking.

I received a false bank draft on behalf of Mr. Paul JAMES (such 4474044108646) associated with…read moreFranck Allain, Rue Madeleine, LONDON, SE1 2EN, in the United Kingdom. I am not only, it is quoted in several forum. That harms, also, with the image of your bank. From France, I can nothing make because of the borders, on your side, yes....

Pro Tip: If you want the absolute best exchange rate to Euros go to the Bank of Ireland, not…read moreanywhere else and not the kiosk exchange at the airport which will charge you a fortune in fees one of my travel collegues harshly discovered. There are branches of Bank of Ireland all over Ireland. Makes sense right? Like in America--the Bank of America is all over. You get it? At the Bank of Ireland, you put your American ATM card into their ATM's and enter your passcode and indicate how many Euros you want? And this its important: Withdraw the money in Euros, not Dollars when it asks. That is all you need to know. In fact all over Ireland when you use your credit card to buy things, meals, hotels--always charge in Euros, not Dollars when the machine asks you. That is how you get the best exchange rate. And if you want even more Pro financial advise--get a Capital One Credit Card that charges No Fees for the conversion like many other cards do from 1 to 3 %. Now this branch I am writing about is the Headquarters for the Bank of Ireland. It's connected to the stock exchange. The Security Guard when he found out we were from America--was so pleasant he gave us an impromptu tour and history of the building.

A must see freebie while in Dublin. Seamus Heaney was the author profiled and it was most…read moreinteresting. Knowledgeable and friendly staff. Located right across the road from Trinity College.