Irish Examiner View: Calling time on public payphones

Most of the remaining 456 public payphones in this Republic will become memories as Eir is not obliged to operate and maintain them from next year. File image: Larry Cummins

The mobile phone may have changed our lives more dramatically than nearly any other innovation in recent decades. It has certainly changed the landscape of our towns and cities - and will change it further. 

Most of the remaining 456 public payphones in this Republic will become memories as Eir is not obliged to operate and maintain them from next year.