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Tue 02 Feb 2009Pain train to a cheaper smile
With virtual parity between the euro and sterling, dentists in Northern Ireland are reporting a rapid increase in patients from the Republic, who are making huge savings on treatment
THEY CALL IT the “pain train”, the 7.30am express from Connolly Station in Dublin to Belfast Central. Among the dark-suited business community muttering into their mobile phones and tapping away at their laptops are a band of equally determined passengers: the dental patients.
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