Irish Shoppers Head North for Teeth, Liquor as Sterling Slumps

[Anonymous]

Don't shoot the messenger. That's what the headline says.

Do you remember last year when European shoppers invaded the US

buying everything in sight in our stores cuz the dollar was so weak?

Well, this time a similar phenomenon is occurring in Northern Ireland

as folks from the Republic of Ireland head north for bargains to take

advantage of the drop in the Pound Sterling (they use Euros in the ROI) . 

Here's the Bloomberg link. Enjoy the article!!!

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a2Wd4Oymfo70

CanDo

"The right attitude is everything"

[haulingthescoreup]

DD#2 spent eight weeks in Dublin this summer, and it was astonishingly expensive. She put on 10 pounds from having to buy and eat crappy food, as the good stuff (whole grains, fresh fruit and veggies) was unaffordable on her budget. She said that Paris was cheaper than Dublin.

[MidnightVoice]

They always used to go north for just the contraceptives