I’m still shopping North of the border. In fact today I briefly went house hunting and next week I will scan the jobs section in Northern Ireland.
I would seriously consider living here, I would be happier I reckon.
You see, I’ve just realised that we are ripped off at every opportunity in the Republic. It’s not just in shops but we are screwed in the cost and standard of public service. Think about it, to pop into your local A&E – provided you have one as Mary Harney wants to make you jump through hoops just to find one – in the South you pay but in the North you don’t. Lots of public services in the North cost nothing while in the South you pay through the nose for it.
Many years ago we used to pride ourselves on how good our Health Service was compared to the NHS, but we were deluded. Our HSE is an utter mess, so bad its killing people.
But back to what I’m trying to get at. Tesco UK are offering two crates of beer or cider for £15 but there is fat chance of them doing this in the Republic for €17 which is roughly the same price.
Only one example. By the way Sainsbury do the same deal for £14.
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