A test case taken by an 83-year-old grandmother against one of Ireland’s pillar banks has led to a substantial settlement offer being made to some 300 investors in the Belfry funds who have been pursuing their money for eight years. The case being taken by Bernadette Goodwin was due to begin on Monday in the High Court, but shortly after the case began Judge Brian O’Moore was asked to rise to allow settlement talks continue between the various parties. Now, some 300 investors in the Belfry funds have been told that AIB and the former directors of Belfry had made…