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Monday 5 June 2023 Dublin: 7°C

# Cash

All time
# Funds
Tag-rugby fundraiser raises over €16k for Berkeley survivor
Aoife Beary is in a rehabilitation centre in the US.
# ready money
10 high-paying jobs you can do on the side
Here are a few ideas to get you started on working from home.
# Caught
Man arrested off Faro flight after cocaine found in suitcase at Cork Airport
In a separate operation, gardaí discovered an elaborate grow house in Country Meath with €750,000 worth of cannabis plants.
# appeal
Woman hit with hammer in armed robbery of fast food restaurant
He made off with cash after hitting the woman.
# Open for Business
Greek banks reopen as citizens face massive price hikes
Greeks will be able to withdraw up to €420 at once per week.
# Your Say
Poll: Politicians collecting cash outside churches... Is that alright?
Political parties rattling their collection boxes outside places of worship. Is that ever okay?
# travel advice
No fall off in holiday bookings to Greece but tourists told to bring lots of cash
Tour operators say it’s business as usual and there are no special deals to be had.
# big spenders
Travelling to Greece for a holiday? You'd better bring plenty of cash
Irish travel agents have warned people may have trouble taking out cash when they arrive.
# biting crime
Police search for 'distinctive' robber who's missing her front teeth
Police are looking for witnesses to provide information they may have.
# Kilnamanagh
Two men due in court after attempted robbery at Tallaght post office
One of the men involved in the robbery was armed with a hammer.
# more money than cents
Here's why it's about bloody time 1c and 2c coins were scrapped
End this tyranny.
# Courts
Dublin bride-to-be sentenced for stealing €15k to pay for her wedding
The money was due to be destroyed.
# bailout talks
'The day is coming that someone says the game is over for Greece'
The IMF has pulled its team out of talks with the cash-strapped nation.
# pocket change
Ronaldo's mother stopped at Madrid airport with €55,000 in handbag
It was a LITTLE over the €10,000 passengers are allowed to take out of Spain without declaring it.
# making a change
The government wants to stop 'catastrophically injured' people from running out of money
The new plan replaces lump sums with annual payments in some circumstances.
# no trains go
Germany has no cash and no trains
Industrial action is causing headaches for the German public.
# enfield
Two arrested after armed robbery at Meath supermarket
Staff were ordered to open the tills by a man wearing a balaclava.
# Lost and Found
Dublin woman tries to find owner of money that 'rained down' on her car
When €50 notes started hitting Emma Fallon’s car, she said it was hilarious, but she want to reunite the rightful owner with the cash.
# shovel ready
This week’s vital property news: Ireland topping EU house price hikes and the €250,000 coffee kiosk
Everything you need to know in one quick guided tour.
# Money
Top 14 clubs had a massive average budget of €21.2million last season
The average spend on player wages rose to €7.4million in 2013/14.
# Mo Money Mo Problems
11 things that are an absolute waste of money
Can we all just agree that we should stop buying these things?
Lotto jackpot winner: 'I looked up the numbers on Teletext, and just couldn't believe it'
Two families in Meath collected €10 million this morning and we’re not jealous at all.
# Cash OUt
Man finds 75lb bag of cash on the road, returns it
Sound. Unbelievably sound.
# No thanks
Irish Cancer Society rejects money from Arthur Cox law firm over tobacco links
Arthur Cox is believed to have donated €20,000 each of the last two years.
# running away money
Some Irish people still have secret bank accounts their partners don't know about
A few people admitted to having a secret bank account.
# Let's talk
IMF says it 'stands ready' to support Greece
Anti-austerity party Syriza won a landslide election.
# burger win
Woman leaves Burger King drive-thru with bag of cash instead of burgers
Have it your way. 20s or 10s?
# Cash
England's Dublin-born cricketer subject to blackmail plot over messages
A “five-figure sum” was demanded to prevent details being revealed about a relationship Morgan had with an Australian woman.
# Going Down
Oil prices tumbled AGAIN today – to the lowest level in six years
Are you seeing the benefit at the petrol stations?
# Kildare
Taxi driver tied up and robbed in Naas hijacking
Two men made off with a sum of cash and the driver’s mobile phone.
# cash for culture
Arts Council doles out €30m among 200 arts organisations around Ireland
The council said it was mindful to help position the arts to benefit from and play a full part in the national recovery.
# new money
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.
# sign me up
Another country is switching over to the euro currency tomorrow...
132 million individual banknotes have been brought in and euro coins have been minted.
# unarmed protection
Cash-in-transit vans will no longer be protected by an armed escort
The Defence Forces say they won’t be providing the armed support on “routine” journeys.
# you owe us...
Irish Water to pay back the State over €14m
The State has underwritten a loan of €300 million for Irish Water.
# Housing Crisis
Some councils are taking developer’s money instead of building social housing
Under the law, a developer can pay a levy in lieu of building social housing.
# Belfast
Men wielding swords demand cash at filling station
No one was injured in the robbery but a staff member was left badly shaken.
# Dublin
Teenager in court after woman threatened in home by men with knives
They fled the scene with a substantial amount of cash.
# €€€
Dublin City Council trying to cut off phone numbers on 'cash for cars' ads
The council is liaising with gardaí on the issue of the illegal ads.
# Operation Fiacla
Juvenile among three arrested after jewellery and cash seized
Two males, aged 42 and 35, were also arrested.