Retail Ireland says cross-border shopping in November will cost 1,700 jobs; Cheap alcohol biggest attraction

Retail Ireland, a group within Irish employer representative body IBEC, claims cross-border shopping during November will result in job losses of 1,700. It said cheap alcohol is the single biggest motivation of such trips.

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