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Three to refund thousands of customers who were double-charged today

Some 8,000 customers who pay via direct debit were affected.

THOUSANDS OF THREE customers were double-charged today due to a technical error.

Some 8,000 customers who pay via direct debit were affected.

In a statement, the mobile phone company said: “We have notified all affected customers and are working with our bank to resolve the issue.

“All impacted customers will be refunded. We would like to apologise to the customers affected and can assure them that we are working hard to rectify the problem as quickly as we can.”

Three has about two million customers in Ireland. It took over the 02 network in 2015.

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    Mute Sean
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    Jun 25th 2019, 6:52 PM

    Can we not have Sean Spicer back? He was great – at hiding in the bushes and providing endless hours of comic relief!

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    Mute Dave Thomas
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    Jun 25th 2019, 6:58 PM

    @Sean: is that you spicey?

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    Mute FlopFlipU
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    Jun 25th 2019, 6:54 PM

    She must be his type

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    Mute Sirius
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    Jun 25th 2019, 8:58 PM

    @FlopFlipU: his type of what?

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    Mute Amused Bystander
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    Jun 25th 2019, 11:18 PM

    @Sirius: keep up….

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    Mute Rory J Leonard
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    Jun 26th 2019, 6:23 AM

    @FlopFlipU:

    Ms Grisham his type and joining his “Firm”

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    Mute Patti o furniture
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    Jun 25th 2019, 6:41 PM

    Surprised it’s not one of his kids..

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    Mute John Cassin
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    Jun 25th 2019, 7:12 PM

    @Patti o furniture: she probably is.

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    Mute Padraic O Sullivan
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    Jun 25th 2019, 6:12 PM

    Doubleplus good

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    Mute Russel Steapot
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    Jun 25th 2019, 6:52 PM

    Too soon to tell, hopefully she’s not another compulsive liar.

    She looks like Pippa Middleton, so that’s a plus anyway.

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    Mute Cormac Ó Braonáin
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    Jun 25th 2019, 9:13 PM

    @Russel Steapot: of course she’s a compulsive liar. It’s the White House press secretary – The very face of the American propaganda machine.

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    Mute Dave Thomas
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    Jun 25th 2019, 6:46 PM

    Must be finding it hard to find people to work for him

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    Mute Paul Furey
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    Jun 25th 2019, 7:14 PM

    @Dave Thomas: but he always employs the best to work for him. How many in prison and under investigation?

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    Mute Dave Thomas
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    Jun 25th 2019, 7:26 PM

    @Paul Furey: too many to remember right now paul… Maybe we should ask Michael “lock her Up” Flynn…. Oh wait.

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    Mute Sirius
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    Jun 25th 2019, 8:59 PM

    @Dave Thomas: doesn’t seem to be the case at all.

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    Mute DK Innovation
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    Jun 25th 2019, 9:58 PM

    @Paul Furey:
    Hey, Manafort will be running the prison tuck shop in less than five years… only the best

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    Mute John Willmott
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    Jun 25th 2019, 6:53 PM

    Nice job for a week or two.

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    Mute Christy Dolan
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    Jun 25th 2019, 6:45 PM

    God , she is HAWT!! He picks them well. LOL. Why would the wife need a spokesperson? How cares what any First Lady thinks or says. I am sure she can tell us who she is wearing at a gala , all by herself

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    Mute Bruce van der Gutschmitzer
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    Jun 25th 2019, 6:56 PM

    @Christy Dolan: Michelle Obama is farely basass in her own right. Probably puts every other first lady to shame.

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    Mute Bruce van der Gutschmitzer
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    Jun 25th 2019, 6:56 PM

    @Bruce van der Gutschmitzer: *fairly

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    Jun 25th 2019, 7:20 PM

    @Bruce van der Gutschmitzer: go on and have another crack at it.

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    Jun 25th 2019, 8:29 PM

    @Bruce van der Gutschmitzer: *Michael

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    Mute Vory2Stars
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    Jun 25th 2019, 6:27 PM

    Yeooowww gewan the trumpster!!!

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    Mute John Thomas
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    Jun 25th 2019, 7:15 PM

    @Vory2Stars: he’s some horny dude!!

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    Mute Zerolife TwentyThree
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    Jun 25th 2019, 6:41 PM

    Hope she knows how to get stains out of dresses, Barry Scott is the man to hire there

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    Mute Christy Dolan
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    Jun 25th 2019, 6:45 PM

    @Zerolife TwentyThree: LOL. But, if she can get the stains out, then she has no evidence. No evidence, no book and no interviews and no money ……….duh

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    Mute Zerolife TwentyThree
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    Jun 25th 2019, 7:12 PM

    @Christy Dolan: true and also no spot on the many afternoon / anti-man chatshows Haha

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    Mute William Mcgee
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    Jun 25th 2019, 6:45 PM

    sure she must be good at something , your guess is as good as mine , any ideas ?.

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    Mute Zerolife TwentyThree
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    Jun 25th 2019, 7:16 PM

    @William Mcgee: yeah she’s good looking, if you’re the most powerful man in the world you can’t be having “Mingers’ in your office

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    Mute Rob Cahill
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    Jun 26th 2019, 1:26 PM

    @Zerolife TwentyThree: Are you joking??? It looks like they fixed the Huckabee lunatics eye and sent her back out to bat FFS.

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    Mute Sirius
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    Jun 25th 2019, 9:00 PM

    Love the comments here, you’d be whinging if he didn’t have a good balance of men and women on his staff, but you’re now whinging because he has hired a good looking woman.

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    Mute Michael Burke
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    Jun 25th 2019, 7:13 PM

    His type?

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    Mute Ian Breathnach
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    Jun 25th 2019, 11:11 PM

    Round and round the vomit fest goes.

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    Mute Mark Keenan
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    Jun 25th 2019, 10:12 PM

    Talks about the new appointment (and Iran) in press conference today
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR_9SzU8wmI

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    Mute Dave O'Keeffe
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    Jun 26th 2019, 8:55 AM

    @Mark Keenan: some genuinely frightening delusion in that comments section.

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    Mute Rob Cahill
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    Jun 26th 2019, 1:28 PM

    @Dave O’Keeffe: It’s fox news. Only infowars and Breitbart get worse.. Not long until the Journal catches up though.

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    Jun 25th 2019, 7:21 PM

    He doesn’t need a new mouthpiece. He talks through his ass.

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