The banking system in 1970 was much more labor-intensive. This was before ATMs and online banking, or even computers — a small local bank in Ireland probably didn't have an IBM mainframe at that time.
So there were clerks and cashiers at every level pushing paper, crunching numbers, handling cash. These people were clearly working class, not the later Wall Street image conjured by the word "banker".
So there were clerks and cashiers at every level pushing paper, crunching numbers, handling cash. These people were clearly working class, not the later Wall Street image conjured by the word "banker".