CENTRAL BANK OF IRELAND

Central Bank of Ireland is Ireland's financial services regulator for most categories of financial firms. It is the issuer of Irish pound banknotes and coinage until the introduction of the euro currency and now provides this service for the European Central Bank. The Central Bank was founded in February 1943 and has been the banker of the Government of Ireland in accordance with the Central Bank Act 1971. It can be seen in legislative terms as completing the long transition from a currency board to a fully functional central bank.