Gardaí in Limerick have issued a warning over the circulation of fake new style €50 notes.
The warning, issued on the gardaí's Facebook page for the southern region, relates to newly designed €50s which entered circulation earlier this month.
The warning stated that: "Gardaí at Roxboro Road Garda Station have been made aware of a number of counterfeit €50 notes being used in Limerick and surrounding areas. These new style notes came into circulation recently."
"We would like to remind people to make sure to carry out essential security checks on euro notes.
"Obvious security features should be identified before accepting notes, these include; checking for the watermark, security thread, hologram patch and raised print. The value numeral on the old style €50 euro note will also change colour from purple to olive green or brown when tilted if the note is a genuine," gardaí said.
Gardaí said that if people take "a few seconds to feel, examine and tilt euro notes, fraudsters can be prevented from passing off their fakes as the real thing".
