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Man Makes a House Out of Money
They say money can’t buy happiness, but we all know that’s not true. The fact of the matter is that Pesos can’t buy happiness – but all other money is pretty damn sweet.
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.
Frank Buckley built the three-roomed apartment-cum-gallery over three months, from bricks made of mulched, decommissioned notes provided by Ireland’s Central Bank.
