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Michael Moynihan: Dialling back into pre-mobile era when the phonebox ruled the streets

Michael Moynihan: Dialling back into pre-mobile era when the phonebox ruled the streets

The old public telephone has almost entirely vanished from Irish streets. Picture: Denis Minihane

Many thanks to the folks at Callanan’s Bar on George’s Quay for posting a picture on social media last week. Of a phonebox just down the street.

“Does eircom still exist?,” ran the caption underneath the picture.

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