Now you see it, now you don't: A number of British retail outlets which do big business in the Republic seem to have worked out a way to alleviate concerns Irish shoppers may have about the discrepancy between sterling and euro prices.

No, these high street stores have not decided to rexamine their pricing structures in our favour, but instead started simply covering up with stickers and ink the sterling prices on the Irish tickets, presumably in the hope that what we don't notice, won't hurt us.