cashless society

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Irish Examiner view: Campaign for cash

We have previously hit back at those organisations and narrow interests seeking to ditch the use of cash in our society and only last month commented favourably on the sterling work of the Rural Independent Group in opposing this creeping madness.

Sat, 08 Apr, 2023

Cork gastropub The Barn defends 'no-cash, card-only' policy

Paul Dolan, owner of The Barn in Glanmire, Cork, defended his card-only policy for accepting payment, saying that he put the cost of accepting cash at 16%.

Tue, 14 Feb, 2023

Cork towns to introduce cashless parking meters

Some coin-based meters will be retained to give motorists a choice, officials clarified

Thu, 17 Feb, 2022

Visa spending propels Ireland to cashless society

Ireland is fast moving towards becoming a cashless society, with new data from Visa showing a 12.7% rise in card spending last year to €31.7bn. Visa Europe, which issued the figures for 2015, said that, by the end of last year, there were 5.7m cards in the Irish market. Around 80% of them are debit cards.

Wed, 17 Feb, 2016