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An artist is welcoming tourists to his Dublin home -- made from 1.4 billion euros ($1.8 billion) of shredded bank notes -- to stimulate debate about Ireland's ailing economy, he told AFP on Apr. 9.
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An artist is welcoming tourists to his Dublin home -- made from 1.4 billion euros ($1.8 billion) of shredded bank notes -- to stimulate debate about Ireland's ailing economy, he told AFP on Monday. (AFP Photo/Leon Neal)
Bricks of shredded money are stacked in the house that artist Frank Buckley has built out of 1.4 billion euros in decommissioned euro notes from the Central Bank's mint, in Dublin January 24, 2012. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton
Artist Frank Buckley poses in the house he has built out of 1.4 billion euros in decommissioned euro notes from the Irish Central Bank's mint, in Dublin January 24, 2012. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton
Artist Frank Buckley poses in the house he has built out of 1.4 billion euros in decommissioned euro notes from the Irish Central Bank's mint, in Dublin January 24, 2012. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton