Originally Posted by
percysmith
Errr alexmt Ireland is in the Eurozone but UK still has the pound sterling?
I thought it was more to do with investment-friendly policies and lax regulations.
No, Ireland hasn't used the pound Sterling since independence, or close to it at least, the Irish pound ("punt") before the euro wasn't the same thing, at all.
Thus why I said, its proximity to the UK and its large number of American travellers must make converting from £/$ at extremely poor rates a very lucrative scam. Given the number of people with £/$-denominated cards shopping in Ireland.