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| | InternationalReports.net : Northern Ireland 2002 |
 | | With nearly 50 branches spread across Northern Ireland employing more than 1,000 people in the north, the Bank of Ireland is in a strong position as the provinces economy steadily grows in the years ahead, says Belfast-based Colm McKenna, head of marketing and business services for the bank. |
 | | Aside from the daily subject of politics, the main topic of interest in Northern Irelands banking community is the euro. |
 | | Approximately 15,000 Northern Ireland companies, large and small, regularly trade with the Republic of Ireland, and also do business with the wider European Union community, but the province is a special case as it is the only part of the UK which shares a land border with a euro-zone country. |
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