600,000 calls to Britain today
About 5.5 million minutes are likely to be spent on landline phone calls to Britain this St Patrick’s Day, costing an estimated €680,000.
A further one million calls are likely to be made during the course of the weekend, costing an estimated €1.2 million.
According to a recent poll conducted by TalkTalk, most people questioned would put music hero Bono at the top of their list of Irish celebrities to call up and wish them a Happy St Patrick’s Day.
Both Andrea Corr and Samantha Mumba came bottom of the poll, according to the TalkTalk poll.
The Carphone Warehouse chief executive Stephen Mackarel said: “St Patrick’s Day, as a family festival and national holiday, will be the ideal opportunity for people to touch base with their relatives and friends in the UK.”
