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The Irish currency is supposed to remain legal tender for six more weeks, but many bartenders overwhelmed by the new euro are already giving up on their country's own coins. Customers at many pubs ...
DUBLIN, Ireland – Bridie Keeley didn't have an Irish penny to her name Saturday, but the Dublin flower seller didn't care. Like seemingly everyone in this nation, she had switched to the euro ...
The Irish Times reports that a total of €347,404,127 in old Irish notes and coins still remain unaccounted for; €224,389,631.19 in old Irish banknotes and €123,014,496.65 in coins.
Five years after they ceased to be legal tender, Irish pounds are still arriving by the bagload in the Central Bank to be exchanged for euros. The pound went out of official circulation at ...
Almost €350 million worth of old Irish pounds has yet to be changed into euro some two decades after Ireland adopted the new currency. Households across the country first began grappling with ...
More brands both home and abroad are embracing being Irish — and are showing off with impeccable designs. Between brands such ...
€ulogy for the old currency One of the lingering regrets as our independent currency passes into history must be that we as a people will never now resolve… Sat Jan 05 2002 - 00:00 ...
A TOTAL of 90pc of the old Irish currency has been returned to the Central Bank but over £400m (?507m) is still out there in pockets and jam-jars. Sunday, 25 May 2025. ePaper; ...
Last year, people exchanged €281,000 worth of notes in 740 transactions in addition to €117,000 worth of coins in 292 transactions. In 2019, €800,000 was exchanged, while €1.8 million was ...
Irish people will old Irish punts lying around the house could be in for a big payday. Almost €350 million worth of Ireland's former currency have yet to be changed into euros, meaning those ...
Bridie Keeley didn't have an Irish penny to her name Saturday, but the Dublin flower seller didn't care. Like seemingly everyone in this nation, she had switched to the euro weeks before the last ...