'Punters' still exchanging obsolete tender for €170,890 so far in 2025

Since 2015 to the present, a total value of £7.05m in Irish Punt banknotes and coins have been exchanged for €8.96m based on the IR£1 - €1.269 exchange rate

It is now 23 years since the Punt ceased to the legal tender here with the introduction of the Euro across Europe in 2002.

Lucky ‘punters’ have beaten a path to the Central Bank this year to exchange their obsolete tender for €170,890, new figures show.

It is now 23 years since the Punt ceased to be legal tender here with the introduction of the Euro across Europe in 2002.