It was declined and when the hotel attempted to take payment a second time it was again declined. She checked her account on the BoI App and it showed two payments to the hotel of €255.33 each. “They had blocked my card even though I had informed them I was in New York and all transactions being made were by myself. Her mother then rang BoI to request that money be transferred from her BoI account to Oonagh’s. In the meantime my taxi had arrived and left and I missed my 18:30 flight.

Source: The Irish Times March 19, 2018 00:56 UTC