the bay of carlingford that separates the british province of northern ireland from the republic of ireland in the south a ferry service began recently. about three thousand passengers take the daily sea route between the irish republic and the british territory. the tourists enjoy the landscape. but for commuters it represents a convenient shortcut. we used to ferry here to go to work in a sidebar to the sea with an eleven and ought not to have to trade west managed to achieve sauce maybe forty five minutes and it brings in a lot of tourism into the north side and down the coast along the sea the shoreline from here so it's it's very very handy yes. it took more than ten years for the ferry company to overcome all the pure credit hurdles and finally start. now the private operator is worried about brakes it. right now there are no border controls between the two neighbors but nobody knows if it will stay that way. there's been a vast improvements in business a vast increase talks at a local restaurants the butchers the hospitality providers the supermarkets all of them are seeing an increa