Mayo town offers to exchange punts for euro

Shopkeepers in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, are going back to the future by accepting old Irish punts as payment for goods and services.

Mayo town offers to exchange punts for euro

Shopkeepers in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, are going back to the future by accepting old Irish punts as payment for goods and services.

Just over a decade ago the euro replaced the punt, but the Central Bank estimates that more than £300m is still outstanding.

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