Due to a strong Irish economy and a weak US dollar, many people travel to New York to do their Christmas shopping.

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.