Irish currency dates back to the first millennium C.E., followed by the Act of Union in 1800, which joined Ireland and Great Britain into one kingdom. This first Irish pound was thus assimilated ...

Just for reference, Ireland entered the euro in 1999. So it's been a while. The exchange went on, and Kernen continued to show a not-quite nuanced understanding of Ireland's history.

Surprisingly US visitors already think Ireland offers good value for money - and if the change in currency makes everything 14% cheaper to them, they'll think they’re getting an even better deal.

Thus Ireland needs to take action similar to that taken by Argentina in 2002. In that year the former South America tiger faithfully managed to “humble” American banks and dollar bondholders.

In all the parallels being drawn between Northern Ireland and Greece the most interesting one has been missed. Like Greece, we are also in a currency union whose Teutonic standards we fail to meet.

This was neither monetary union nor complete monetary independence, but it was an arrangement that both sides agreed best served their interests: Ireland got a strong and stable currency; the UK ...