Bon voyage

IS the journey from Northern Ireland to Great Britain about to get easier?

Travellers could soon have an alternative to the boat or plane, if a press release from a local fashion retailer, whose staff are on the marche, is to be believed.

Promoting a charity fundraiser, the company said: "The event will see 22 members of staff swim one mile, totalling the equivalent distance of the Irish Sea Tunnel."

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