CSO survey says €435m was spent on Irish cross-border shopping trips in the year to July 2009; 44% of households bought alcohol

In Quarter 2 2009, the CSO’s Quarterly National Household Survey included questions on the cross-border shopping behaviour of households in the State. Some 44% bought alcohol. About €435m was spent in shopping trips to the North in the year up to July 2009.

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