It may be 10 years since we joined the euro, but the Central Bank of Ireland estimates that over €300m worth of Irish notes and €160m in Irish coin are still in circulation throughout Ireland. The majority of Irish households are likely to possess a long-forgotten jar of old coins and a handful of banknotes. In addition to old Irish money, we believe that in every house in the country lie some foreign currency that has returned home from trips abroad and never been exchanged.

During the month of October, Special Olympics Ireland will be working with their partners Rotary Ireland to help collect a portion of these old Irish and foreign monies. Rotary Clubs throughout the country will be raising awareness of the Special Olympics ‘Currency Campaign’ by encouraging people to gather up this old and foreign money and drop it into their local Ulster Bank, in unique Special Olympics bags.

We here in Quintas will be playing our part in support of the campaign by acting as a drop off point. So if you have any old or foreign currency lying around why not drop it into us and place it in the collection box located at our reception. 

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact Mark Ryan at mark.ryan@quintas.ie or call Mark on 021 4641400.