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It's because they overcharged those cancelling their contracts.
Three Ireland is refunding 173,000 customers because it charged them after they cancelled their contracts.
The mobile phone company say they'll be refunded over the next six months.
The regulator ComReg says the total amount owed is around 2.6 million euro.