A news report from the RTÉ US correspondent Robert Shortt on Irish people travelling to New York to shop before Christmas. Due to a strong Irish economy and a weak US dollar, many people travel to New York to do their Christmas shopping.

RTÉ News joins Mary Foran and Maureen O'Grady in their hunt for a bargain. The women think that 2006 is their best value shopping year.

A RTÉ News report from by the US correspondent Robert Shortt on Irish people who travel to New York to shop for Christmas.

Broadcast 19 December 2006.

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