Calling time on history as the last of Cork's old phone boxes to be replaced

There are 15 phone boxes in the city centre, five more in Ballincollig, Douglas, St Luke’s Cross, and at Cathedral Road/Shandon St

Architect Hugh Wallace was feeling nostalgic about a pair of disused and vandalised Eircom telephone boxes on Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins

It’s last call for Cork’s old phone boxes — and hello digital pedestals.

Telecoms company Eir plans to remove all of the city’s redundant payphone boxes over the coming months and replace some with sleek new kiosk-style digital payphones.