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Leitrim County Council seeks to attract 700 jobs to Carrick Business Park after demise of call centre employing 1,200

Members of a mission to New York say there are plenty of work opportunities in the county - but more houses are needed

There is a phrase that has cropped up recently in the context of the ongoing controversy about the Northern Ireland Protocol and it is “the all-island economy”. Supporters of the Protocol talk about the importance of protecting the “all-island economy”, but what is this “all-island economy” and where did this concept come from? It’s been floating around for some years, mostly just under the surface, but the usage of it increased in 2019 during the Brexit negotiations. When Boris J...