The euro is the new single currency for 11 EU member-states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, the Republic, Italy, Luxembourg. Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.A cashless form of the euro arrived on January 1st, 1999; notes and coins follow January 1st, 2002.

The Irish pound ceases to be legal tender February 9th, 2002.

€1 equals 787564p - £1, with rounding, equals €1.27