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# Counterfeit money

This year
2024
Calls for social media giants to 'come down on top of' accounts advertising fake euro notes
Some accounts seen by The Journal advertised counterfeit banknotes claiming to be “100% undetectable”.
Last year
2023
Gardaí warn of fake €50 notes circulating in Cork town
All time
Gardaí issue warning over fake €2 coins after seizure of counterfeit currency in Dublin
Almost €100,000 in fake cash seized by Gardaí in midlands
Some chancer managed to pay for their drinks in a Dublin pub with a €30 note
Derry residents warned about fake police officers wearing yellow rubber gloves
Probe into dissident republican groups turns up fake money and a printing press
Heading North for some shopping? Watch out for fake banknotes...