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Presentation Girls Bank Thousands For Their School With AIB Competition

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At the cheque handover of €3000 from AIB bank to Presentation Secondary School were in front, Sarah Fitzgerald and AIB Tralee Branch Manager, Joe Shannon. Back: Eimer Brosnan, Kate O'Connor, Muireann Moriarty, Isabelle Horgan, Maeve Dowling, Sarah Leahy, Noreen O'Grady, Lilianne O'Connor and Mary Rose Cantillon. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.
At the cheque handover of €3,000 from AIB bank to Presentation Secondary School were in front, Sarah Fitzgerald and AIB Tralee Branch Manager, Joe Shannon. Back: Eimear Brosnan, Kate O’Connor, Muireann Moriarty, Isabel Horgan, Meadhbh Dowling, Sarah Leahy, Noreen O’Grady, Lilian O’Connor and Mary Rose Cantillon. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.

A GROUP of Presentation Secondary School students came second in a national competition recently and won €3,000 for their school.

The girls took part in the AIB Build a Bank Challenge which offers transition and 5th year students a chance to run their own School Bank.

Joe Shannon, Manager of AIB Tralee presented the cheque on behalf of the bank to Presentation Secondary School on Monday and the members of ‘The Blossom Bank’ were treated to a meal in the Stonehouse Restaurant.

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Acting as a kind of AIB sub-office in Presentation Secondary School, ‘The Blossom Bank’ lodged around €18,000 from their fellow students who opened accounts with them in the school.

Around 300 schools from all over the country took part in the initiative.

After submitting a business plan and making their way through the regional finals in Cork, Presentation was one of six – and the only student bank from Kerry –  who made it to the national finals held in the RDS in Dublin in April.

At the national finals, students had to showcase their banks by giving a presentation on stage in the RDS in front of an audience and girls excelled coming in second place.

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Presentation Girls Win Overall National AIB Build A Bank Award

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The Presentation Tralee students involved in the Dream Bank who won the national AIB Build A Bank final in Dublin yesterday.

IT was a dream ending for a group of Presentation Tralee students on Thursday, when they won the national final of the AIB Build A Bank Award in Dublin.

The AIB Build a Bank Challenge sees a team of six students selected to set up and manage a bank in their school with the full support of a dedicated AIB Student Officer.

The students get involved in everything from developing a Business Plan, branding their Bank and engaging with the community to sourcing new customers through creative marketing campaigns.

Having previously won the regional competition in March, the Transition year ‘Dream Bank’ team beat off competition from all over the country over the course of the school year to win the top prize of €5,000 for the school, while each individual member won a One4All voucher for €500.

 

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The dream team consisted of  Manager – Katie Ahern, Assistant Manager – Lauren Kelly, Customer Representatives –  Sarah Kilgallen, Aishat Lawal, Marketing Advisor – Laura O’Connell and Financial Advisor – Ciara Dennehy.

The team is a very worthy winner of the competition having given an incredible amount of their time and energy to build up a successful school bank this year  – opening for business every Thursday, encouraging all students to save regularly, running promotions and competitions, giving presentations to Junior Business students in the school on the importance of saving regularly etc.

The girls were supported all year by teachers Ms. O’Grady and Ms. O’Connor who accompanied the girls to Dublin on the day.

Well done to all involved in this fantastic achievement.

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VIDEO: Well-Known Camp Publican Features In New Ad For AIB

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Mike O’ Neill from Camp is featured in the new TV ad for AIB.

A CAMP publican is currently starring in a new TV advertisement as part of a campaign by AIB Bank.

Mike O’Neill of The Railway Tavern is featured in the video, which can be watched below, talking about his love for the Volkswagen Beetle car model and how he has become ‘hooked’ on them.

In a heartwarming and gentle tale, set to a beautiful piano score, we hear him talk about why he has such affection for the four-wheeled machines.

The ad is part of a campaign being run by the bank in which they promise to be there to ‘back you up, whenever you get doing.’

Check out the video below…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7gvXPTfVzo&app=desktop