DUNDALK, Ireland -- "A punt? You mean, the old stuff?" Jean McGrath, digging through her purse for a five-euro note to pay for lunch at McDonald's, seemed astonished to be asked about Ireland's ...

The Irish currency is supposed to remain legal tender for six more weeks, but many bartenders overwhelmed by the new euro are already giving up on their country's own coins. Customers at many pubs ...

This time of year, everybody is Irish! But what’s that really mean? While many of us picture Ireland with quaint pubs, ornate chapels, and busy cobblestone streets, the most idyllic scenes in Ireland ...

Break out those piggy banks - if you can get your hands on some old Irish punt, you've basically won the lotto. According to The Central Bank's annual report, $270.4 million (€226m) worth of old Irish ...

Almost €350 million worth of old Irish money is still unaccounted for, according to Ireland's Central Bank. Ireland swapped the Irish Punt for the Euro in 2002, but the Irish Central Bank has said ...

Bridie Keeley didn't have an Irish penny to her name Saturday, but the Dublin flower seller didn't care. Like seemingly everyone in this nation, she had switched to the euro weeks before the last day ...