BANK OF IRELAND MOVES TO QUELL ATM PANIC

Date Published: 31-Jan-2008

Bank of Ireland is moving to quell the panic caused by the discovery of a skimming device at an ATM in Knocknacarra yesterday. Customers do not need to cancel their cards after all, according to the bank The bank has anti-skimming software built into it's pass machines so no details were stolen from it's customers despite the discovery of a skimming device. Salthill Gardai removed the suspect device and camera from the Bank of Ireland ATM at Joyces' supermarket at 6 last evening. The ATM is back in service this morning and is totally safe to use. Panicked customers have since been inundating the bank's helpline trying to cancel their cards.But Bank of Ireland Manager of Group ATM's Ray Clarke says there's no cause for alarm.