Budget 2017: ‘Border shopping drain not tackled’
Dundalk is 23km from Newry in Co Down and could be hardest hit by Brexit and the plummeting value of sterling. The flow of shoppers north has increased since the Leave vote on June 23, as the value of the euro rises.
Paddy Malone, a chartered accountant in Dundalk in Co Louth, said traders had pressed in vain for regeneration measures and rate relief.
