National Irish Bank

National Irish Bank (NIB) was one of the Big Four commercial banks in Ireland. It offered a full range of financial services to personal and business customers. In 2005, National Irish Bank was acquired by Danske Bank Group and became a full branch of the Danske Bank in April 2007. In November 2012, National Irish Bank closed its last 27 branches and was rebranded as Danske Bank. Since November 2012, all banking activities have been gathered under the Danske Bank brand. Following the closure of the Bank’s branch network, personal customers can contact a large team of advisors at Danske Bank seven days a week. Danske Bank Advisory Centres are located in Waterford, Athlone, Cork, Limerick, Letterkenny and across Dublin in the IFSC, Tallaght, Swords and Stillorgan. Routine banking services are also available through An Post. The history of National Irish Bank can be traced back to 1809 with the formation of the Northern Banking Partnership – which became the Northern Bank in 1924. The Northern Bank (Ireland) Ltd was acquired by Midland Bank in 1965 and then was sold in 1987 to National Australia Bank Group, which rebranded its operation in the Republic as National Irish Bank (NIB). In December 2004, Danske Bank agreed to purchase National Irish Bank from the National Australia Bank for US$1.9 billion.

Headquarters address:
3 Harbourmaster Place
IFSC, Dublin 1
Ireland

Danske Bank discontinued its personal and business banking operations in the Republic of Ireland on a phased basis from October 2013, and the advisory centres that had replaced the former National Irish Bank branch network no longer form part of its Irish offering. Danske Bank A/S remains on the Central Bank of Ireland’s register of EEA credit institutions operating in the State on a branch basis (September 2026), and its Dublin branch serves corporate and institutional customers only, offering corporate banking, transaction banking and financial markets services. The former Irish retail domain danskebank.ie redirects to danskeci.com/ie. The arrangement with An Post also continues, but it now allows corporate and institutional clients to lodge cash and cheques through the post office network rather than providing routine personal banking.

Danske Bank A/S Dublin branch address, from 13 January 2025:
7th Floor, The Shipping Office
20-26 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay
Dublin 2, D02 Y049
Ireland