Article: JUST 75 miles separate Dun Laoghaire from Newry, but north of the border there's a southern-fuelled boom. Newry, along with Enniskillen and Derry, is awash with Irish euros.

A tale of two towns: boom or bust

Newry is enjoying a southern-fuelled boom while dark clouds hang over Dun Laoghaire, writes Jerome Reilly

JUST 75 miles separate Dun Laoghaire from Newry, but north of the border there's a southern-fuelled boom. Newry, along with Enniskillen and Derry, is awash with Irish euros.

There's nearly full employment in the retail trade, supermarkets are taking on temporary extra staff for Christmas and there's near 100 per cent occupancy of shopping units, according to Newry Chamber of Commerce CEO Orla Jackson.

Meanwhile, Dublin's seaport town is, just six weeks before Christmas, blanketed in doom and gloom. ...

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