Gardai are warning that fake €50 notes are doing the rounds, notably in Co. Cork. According to reports, the counterfeit notes hit Charleville and Rathmore in North Cork last week.
Gardai are asking those who come across these notes to report them immediately and offered this advice on how to detect them:
"The only obvious difference in them is the brown rectangle next to the large number 50. In genuine notes this should feel ridged to the touch, but does not on the faked ones."
