From 8476a15d34af150eee15053689a3d642ca3824c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mahdi Dibaiee Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 10:38:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ireland: bank closing my account for no reason --- _posts/2022-10-27-i-dont-recommend-ireland.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/_posts/2022-10-27-i-dont-recommend-ireland.md b/_posts/2022-10-27-i-dont-recommend-ireland.md index 578a5ec..113c36e 100644 --- a/_posts/2022-10-27-i-dont-recommend-ireland.md +++ b/_posts/2022-10-27-i-dont-recommend-ireland.md @@ -218,6 +218,21 @@ other countries, and I don't think that's a good argument, but you will experience racism here, specially if you are not white (being white does not make you immune though!). +When I first came to Ireland I opened a bank account with bank A (I won't name +the bank lest the unreasonable system of law here allows them to sue me for +this), and this bank, after a couple of months, sent me a mail in post which +said that they are closing my account in 30 days, and I must move my money +before then. No explanation was provided, when I called them, emailed them, and +in the end, had to go to the branch to ask them in-person why are they closing +my account, the branch manager told me "I don't know", and I said I need you to +ask the reason and clarify it for me. He came back to me days later in email +saying "we cannot disclose the reason for closing your bank account". I was +already suspicious since the beginning that this all had to do with my +nationality, and by this point I was convinced that is the case. At the time I +was very new to the country and didn't know my rights and my way around the +system, I _might_ have been able to sue them for discrimination, but I wouldn't +be surprised if that wouldn't work either. + # Infrastructure I always find it hard to believe how Ireland is considered a "developed"