Regulator rings in changes with plan to axe payphones

They once dotted every city, town, and village in the country, but the future of public payphones is increasingly under threat.

Over a third could now be removed by Eircom under a new removals policy being considered by the communications industry regulator.

ComReg has signalled it will, in future, allow Eircom to remove phones without public consultation where usage is so low as to suggest they are no longer needed.