Cross-border shopping 'threatens 11,000 jobs'

Around 11,000 jobs could be axed because of cross-border spending sprees, business chiefs claimed today.

Cross-border shopping 'threatens 11,000 jobs'
Fri, 04 Dec, 2009 - 15:27

Around 11,000 jobs could be axed because of cross-border spending sprees, business chiefs claimed today.

Retail Ireland said every 150 shopping trips to the North resulted in one more person on the dole queue.

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