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Mon 11 Nov 2009Minister stresses need to shop locally
ECONOMY:CROSS-BORDER shoppers have to decide whether they want to support jobs and businesses in their local communities or “her majesty’s government”, Tánaiste Mary Coughlan has said.
Speaking to members of Ógra Fianna Fáil at their national conference in Bundoran, Co Donegal, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment also expressed disagreement with the Competition Authority, which favours removing the cap on the size of grocery shops.
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