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# Currency

Last year
2022
UK Government to push on with tax cuts as pound hits all-time low against dollar
Neither Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng nor Liz Truss are currently expected to publicly address the major market shift.
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Sep 26th 2022, 1:52 PM
Euro hits new 20-year low, fighting to stay above US dollar
Weak economic data have raised further fears of recession.
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Aug 23rd 2022, 7:33 PM
All time
Sterling value plummets following decision by Boris Johnson to seek suspension of UK parliament
The currency’s value fell by almost 1% this morning.
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Aug 28th 2019, 11:34 AM
'This is a major violation': US officially labels China a 'currency manipulator'
President Donald Trump accused China of deliberately and improperly weakening its currency.
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Aug 6th 2019, 7:26 AM
Why has the pound slumped and what has Boris Johnson got to do with it?
Talk of a no-deal Brexit has ramped up since Boris Johnson took over as prime minister.
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Jul 30th 2019, 11:01 AM
Pound falls sharply after string of British MPs resign amid Brexit chaos
The UK currency was pummelled as a number of ministers quit earlier today.
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Nov 15th 2018, 4:09 PM
Central Bank expected to cease the printing of banknotes in Ireland
Siptu said the recommendation to close the print works in Sandyford is “strategically flawed”.
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Mar 26th 2018, 9:10 PM
Irish people warned they are being 'ripped off' by ATMs in foreign countries
People are advised not to withdraw money in their own currency rate as it is more expensive.
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Jan 1st 2018, 6:00 AM
Volatile Bitcoin surpasses $11,000, before plummeting to $9,000 (and then rising again)
The CEO of JPMorgan Chase has called bitcoin a “fraud”.
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Dec 1st 2017, 8:06 AM
Online currency Bitcoin surges past the $10,000 mark for the first time
The unprecedented surge has worried analysts that the growth is a bubble.
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Nov 29th 2017, 8:40 AM
Bitcoin's future: 'Remember many people saw the early internet as a toy that would never take off'
Some of the most talented software developers in the world are working on Bitcoin, writes John Gleeson.
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Aug 20th 2017, 3:30 PM
Venezuela's currency is crumbling as unrest rages in the country
On Thursday alone, it slumped nearly 15%.
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Aug 6th 2017, 12:00 PM
'If Le Pen wins, you'll be buying bread with francs this time next year'
The deputy head of the Front National party made the claim on radio today.
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May 1st 2017, 2:33 PM
Brexit Day – here's what Irish businesses need to know
Companies here will be hoping that there is minimal disruption.
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Mar 29th 2017, 2:45 PM
Professional man flees country in fear of Kinahan gang
The man was told by gardai he was a target – and then reported being shot at near his home.
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Dec 23rd 2016, 6:10 AM
Here's how Trump's victory affected the dollar
One market analyst described it as “a bloodbath”.
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Nov 9th 2016, 5:01 PM
Pound sterling drops to 3 year low as March deadline set on Brexit
Theresa May announced that Britain will trigger Brexit negotiations by the end of March
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Oct 3rd 2016, 3:22 PM
Ramen noodles are replacing cigarettes as currency among prisoners in US jails
A study suggests noodles are “the most valuable US prison commodity.”
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Aug 23rd 2016, 6:51 PM
Brexit speculation is sending the pound's value up and down
The exchange rate is all over the place.
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Jun 21st 2016, 6:50 AM
An Australian inventor has revealed himself as the creator of Bitcoin
But Craig Wright says he doesn’t want fame or fortune – he just wants to be left alone.
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May 2nd 2016, 11:42 AM
Have any unwanted Lego? Here's how it can pay for sick children to be cared for
The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation plan on selling the Lego to fund care for children with severe to profound disabilities.
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Dec 5th 2015, 9:15 AM
We've found 73 MILLION old £20 notes behind the couch since the euro arrived
€4.1 billion in punts, overall. That’s a hell of a lot of Communion money.
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Oct 11th 2015, 8:45 AM
What happens to currencies when they die?
We pursue it, discuss it, count it and obsess over it… but do we ever really think about what ‘money’ is?
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Jul 9th 2015, 1:50 PM
Greece has offered Europe an opportunity to redress a fundamental flaw
It is in all our interests to bind up the economic and political wounds of the past seven years.
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Jul 6th 2015, 1:00 PM
Interactive map: The price of a Big Mac all around the world
Attention fast food enthusiasts…
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Jul 5th 2015, 6:00 PM
The End (of the Euro) is Nigh
With Greece now just over a fortnight away from default, this could very well spell the beginning of the end for the Euro as we know it.
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Jun 14th 2015, 8:45 AM
Zimbabwe is now exchanging 40 US cents for $100,000,000,000,000
“I used it as garden manure. Why would I have kept that dirt?”
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Jun 12th 2015, 9:10 PM
How many people want to bring Jeremy Clarkson back? It's the week in numbers
Plus: How many hours were drugs legal for in Ireland this week?
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Mar 14th 2015, 7:30 PM
So, the face on the new €20 note looks... familiar
Hello old friend!
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Feb 25th 2015, 3:30 PM
The money in your pocket is at its lowest value for ten years
How low can it go?
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Jan 23rd 2015, 1:33 PM
It's not the best time to order stuff from America...
Something big happened today…
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Jan 22nd 2015, 7:09 PM
You'll be seeing this new euro coin in your purse very soon...
The national coat of arms has appeared on Lithuanian currency since the 14th century.
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Jan 1st 2015, 2:40 PM
Another country is switching over to the euro currency tomorrow...
132 million individual banknotes have been brought in and euro coins have been minted.
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Dec 31st 2014, 2:35 PM
No sympathy from central bank as Russians told to 'get used to it'
The Russian rouble lost 20% in value today, suffering its steepest drop in 16 years.
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Dec 16th 2014, 2:28 PM
Gold, silver and copper: Islamic State group to begin minting its own currency
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi says Western economies have “enslaved Muslims”.
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Nov 14th 2014, 11:06 AM
Man charged after ecstasy, cocaine and €300,000 in cash found in garda raid
The 55-year-old was arrested in Kinsealy yesterday.
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Jul 22nd 2014, 7:45 PM
US revenue service decides to treat Bitcoin as property, not currency
Under the new rules, US bitcoin owners will have to pay taxes on the income they gain as bitcoin increases in value.
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Mar 26th 2014, 9:52 AM
Imagine finding €87mn 'in an old wallet'. Bitcoin exchange MtGox did just that
The Tokyo-based digital currency had previously lost 850,000 coins worth nearly €368 million.
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Mar 21st 2014, 8:46 AM
Column: The two sides of bitcoin – is this virtual currency a boon or a threat?
Despite being the darling of the tech frontier, surely we can now see that the red flags being waved around this “currency” are far from virtual, writes Peter Casey.
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Mar 18th 2014, 1:00 PM
So what's the next step for Bitcoin?
After what was an eventful year for Bitcoin, what needs to happen before it’s accepted as a legitimate currency?
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Jan 26th 2014, 8:30 PM
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