Border towns look to be countering Brexit blues

The latest exchequer returns along with the results of the latest bank stress tests have sparked some concern.

First, we have the less-than-stellar performance of our banks in an exercise designed to assess the resilience of our financial institutions in an economic downturn.

Then, last week, we received what amounts to a warning shot from the Department of Finance. Tax receipts had come in under target for the first time in several months.