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Monday 27 March 2023 Dublin: 7°C

# phone box

All time
# phone box
Almost 90% of remaining public payphones removed in last six months
There are now just 51 public payphone locations in the State.
# Stoneybatter
This Dublin community is getting its first public defibrillator installed in an old fashioned phone box
A defibrillator can be used to kickstart a person’s heart should they suffer a sudden cardiac arrest.
# reverse charges
New York Times has to explain what a phone box is to its younger readers
Youths!
# obsolete
How many of these once everyday items have you forgotten about?
The slew of new devices over the past 100 years means we’ve had to say goodbye to some items that were once staples in many people’s lives.
# i'm on the bus
9 survival skills you needed before mobile phones
It was a tough time.