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KatyMan

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4. We used to live in Slane

Reply to Denzil_DC (Original post)

Mon Sep 18, 2017, 10:20 AM

Sep 2017

and would regularly drive to Newry for shopping; the only difference when you crossed the border was that the roads were better. The shops even took punts or pounds, 1 for 1 (this was in 99-2000) It would (will?) be tragic if north were cut off again from the south.

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Brexit's Irish Question [View all] Denzil_DC Sep 2017 OP

I just read that 30,000 locals cross that border each day TubbersUK Sep 2017 #1

The CTA is really quite incompatible with a hard border Pope George Ringo II Sep 2017 #2

This is indeed really worrying LeftishBrit Sep 2017 #3

We used to live in Slane KatyMan Sep 2017 #4