On Feb 25, 8:31 am, (Andrew Gabriel)
wrote:
In article . com,
"Gel" writes:

Maestro virtually useless in Eire surprisingly though works in ATM's.

Is that just Maestro, or all Mastercard products?

I'm pretty certain that Irish retailers accept only 'Laser' branded
charge cards. I never thought deeply about it -- assuming it was yet
another currency incompatibility issue.

To be honest, my use of charge card has recently increased only
because my credit card PIN doesn't easily spring to mind. I use the
charge cards as ATM cards all the time and so know their PINs well.

I live in N. Ireland (U.K.) but, for the past few years, earn my
living in southern Ireland. For bank related matters we need two of
everything (*), including bank accounts. And when I exchange Euro for
£, the bank takes at least 2% ... grrr... (*) Except for rugby teams,
gladly

I would very much like Mr. Blair to join the Euro, but I doubt that
this suggestion would find much favour in this n.g.

Best regards,

Jon C.