41. Despite recent setbacks, if the peace holds the future of the Irish pound , or " punt, " looks bright. 42. He and his associates paid less than one million Irish pounds while the jackpot stood at 1.7 million pounds. 43. No longer will it be necessary to convert French francs to Belgian francs or Italian lire to Irish pounds . 44. The project's original projected cost was 3 . 8 million Irish pounds ( dlrs 4 . 4 million ). 45. Arco launched its hostile bid of 157 million Irish pounds ( dlrs 248 . 1 million ) on Monday. 46. Gibson sought to bring a human dimension to the cross-border flow of pounds and punts, as Irish pounds are called. 47. The government saw a profit of more than 4 billion Irish pounds ( $ 4.3 billion ) on the sale. 48. Exports accounted for 1 . 2 billion Irish pounds ( dlrs 1 . 9 billion ) in trade last year. 49. The glove, autographed by the president, fetched 6, 000 Irish pounds ( dlrs 9, 000 ) Tuesday for Tallaght Hospital. 50. The Gerl series was denominated initially in pre-decimal Irish pounds and later in decimal currency ( both watermarked issues ).
