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"Card use is running at 90%, cash is on an outward run." Is this the end of notes & coins? Reimagining Ireland

Now it's time for Reimagining Ireland, what would you like to see in a post Pandemic Ireland. Wit...

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09.35 19 Apr 2021


"Card use is running at 90%, cash is on an outward run." Is this the end of notes & coins? Reimagining Ireland


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09.35 19 Apr 2021


Now it's time for Reimagining Ireland, what would you like to see in a post Pandemic Ireland. With two high street banks leaving Ireland and the ones left closing branches. Today we are asking have we seen the end of cash? Have contactless payments and paying via your phone taken over? Is cash dead and will you miss coins and notes? What will this mean for the older generation? Henry McKean spoke to shoppers in Dublin and traders in the English Market and sent us this report.

With contributions from Brian Hayes from the Banking and Payments Federation and English Market traders including Pat O'Connell.


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