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Customs & Cash — Ireland
What travelers need to know about customs & cash in Ireland. What is legal at home can be a serious crime here — each rule links to its official source.
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RESTRICTED
Entering or leaving the EU via an Irish airport or port with EUR 10,000 or more in cash or equivalent — including cheques, travellers' cheques, money orders, and high-purity gold — must be declared to Customs.
Failure to declare, or an incorrect or incomplete declaration, is an offence; Customs may also seize amounts of EUR 1,000+ suspected of links to crime.
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