Bank accounts and utilities bill payments

We are owners of a holiday home in Emba which we stay in 4 times a year or so.

We are being charged 50Euro a quarter for our bank maintenance charges by Alpha bank because they have labelled us as international business account holders. This is too high an amount to pay for an account just to pay our bills by DD.  Can anyone advise of cheaper bank charges or does anyone have experience of using JCC to pay bills online?  I have protested to Alpha that we are Irish and therefore EU citizens yet they insist on us being labelled as international clients and thus entails also having a sterling account, which we never make use of.  They have offered to close the sterling account but offer us no saving in bank fees if they do close it. I understand that locals pay about 7Euro a quarter for current account bank fees, but Alpha refuse to allow us this type of account.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Willder,

 or should that be beWilldered