Management at a busy service station has decided to close their external ATM due to "ongoing security issues".

The incidents follow a spate of similar raids on both sides of the border in recent months.

The irritation of only having the choice of €50 notes or nothing from the ATM should soon become less frequent, with confirmation that the Central Bank is to push banks to up the availability of lower denominations.

Bank of Ireland seems set to stick to its decision to drop the Irish option at its ATMs despite calls from Conradh na Gaeilge for an “urgent meeting” to discuss the issue.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been accused of being a “spoofer” and of making an “eejit” of himself over his claim that he was advised the Army might have to guard ATMs during the eurozone crisis.

The perilous state of the Greek economy is underlined by the fact that there is only about €900m available for their banks to distribute through their ATMs, according to sources.

Greece is considering charging bank customers to use ATMs, to discourage the use of tax evasion by paying cash.

A Leavy (Letters 10th March 2014) is partially correct when he says, “austerity is a result of decisions taken in this country during the years of the boom, which ended with national bankruptcy in 2010”.