AIB in Kilkee is closing its branch in October 2012. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. How can a sub-office which never employed more than two people and had queues regularly waiting for service could possibly be described as loss-making? Taking into account the inevitable loss of business which will ensue from this decision, this appears on the surface as a box ticking exercise without any in depth look at the office. As the structure of the building (listed building) is such, the sale of the property is most unlikely even in the longer term. It will stand as a deteriorating monument to the decision-making gob*****s in the bank. AIB were asked to supply a cost/benefit analysis of the branch closure which of course they did not do. In response to this request they issued a mealy-mouthed PR inspired letter about ‘current economic climate’. No mention of the fact that they were one of the main causes of this climate. And nobody seems to care.