‘This is the only way I can make money’ – Wicklow market traders respond to retailers’ calls to close Christmas market

The holder of a charity stall at a Greystones market which is at the centre of row between local traders and the market’s operators, has said they would be “back to begging weekly” if the market was to be scrapped. While a full-time artist, who sells her work at the colourful seaside bazaar, said without it, she would have to find another source of income entirely.