£2.9bn slump in Northern Ireland sales to Britain driven by Gallaher closure: expert

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Friday 14 December 2018


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£2.9bn slump in Northern Ireland sales to Britain driven by Gallaher closure: expert The devastating economic cost to Northern Ireland following the closure of the JTI Gallaher tobacco plant in Ballymena has been borne out in new Government data, economists have said.

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