Not buying Irish at Christmas costs us dearly

Heading up north to save a few euro off the Christmas bill is extremely damaging to our still fragile economy and one economist has even described it as an act of betrayal, says Arlene Harris.

I have a very vivid memory of a school project involving cardboard and paint, plenty of slogans about ‘Buying Irish’ and a catchy (read annoying) jingle which my classmates and I sang with relish as we marched around the locality encouraging people to support their local retailers.

How times have changed.