Due to the fact that border authorities in the United Kingdom do not accept ID cards issued in European Union countries, a large number of school children are choosing other English-speaking countries such as Ireland and Malta, with EU school travel to the UK at 61 per cent of pre-Brexit levels.
Cork Business Association president has offered to fly to England to collect the parts.
Countdown to border checks at British ports
09/06/2023
So far Irish exporters, particularly those involved in the export of food products, live animals, animal products, plants, or plant products, have been immune to the full impact of Brexit.
Ann Summers discontinued its direct selling business in Ireland last year because “higher operating costs” associated with Brexit made it “uneconomical”, according to recently filed company documents.
UK clothing and food retailer Marks & Spencer on Wednesday reported a 7.8 per cent decline in annual profit, as strong sales growth was offset by inflationary pressures and the impact of Brexit-related costs on the Irish food business.
Irish exports of food stuffs, live animals, animal products, plants, and plant products to Britain face checks at British ports for the first time at the end of October under the long delayed Brexit accords, and many traders may likely be ill-prepared, a leading expert has warned.
Brexit propels UK fintech Paysend to Dublin
28/04/2023
Paysend, a UK fintech with a focus in card-to-card consumer payments, has announced the opening of a Dublin office in order to access the EU’s Single Market.
'The Irish really should know their place' regarding Brexit, UK Conservative MP tells BBC Newsnight political editor
11/12/2018
Mr Watt, in his conclusion of the BBC piece, says that what "alarms so many Tories" is that "after centuries of troubled Anglo-Irish relations it is the smaller of the two islands which appears to be exercising greater power for the first time".
The former MP for Vauxhall suggested an Irexit would soon be on the cards after the UK left the EU. How wrong she was!
Move over Cornwall, more Brits than ever are making the move to West Cork.
Joint research by Belfast’s two main universities finds plurality of Northern Ireland residents think they’ll be out of the UK within next 2 decades.
French school leaders are opting for the more expensive but simpler trip to Ireland. / French school trips to the UK have been halted by Brexit visa issues, according to reports.
‘President Biden has said all the right things from our point of view in the past couple of years,’ the Irish premier said.
Three years after Brexit, we asked designers, design entrepreneurs and representatives of British design organisations how the withdrawal from the European Union has affected the design industry.
ICSA: Sheep farmers ‘hardest hit’ by Brexit
08/03/2023
Sheep farming has been the sector hardest hit by the consequences of Brexit, according to the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA).
Colum Eastwood: “We’re on the road to a united Ireland – and that’s going to be unstoppable”
06/03/2023
The leader of Northern Ireland’s nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party on Brexit, power-sharing and updating the Good Friday Agreement.
With Catholics now outnumbering Protestants in Northern Ireland, advocates for unification are starting to believe their dream could become a reality. But is it inevitable – and would a referendum reignite old enmities?
O'Meara's Garden Centre in Co Westmeath says the UK was their biggest source of plants after Ireland up to three or four years ago but they think within two years there will be no plants or seeds coming over the Irish Sea.
Brexit was a ‘colossal mistake’, former PM Sir John Major tells Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
07/02/2023
Former prime minister Sir John Major has told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Britain made a “colossal mistake” when it left the European Union. / Sir John said while he is not a “significant Europhile”, he believes the UK was stronger in the EU.
Roberta Metsola told the Irish parliament that the EU can learn lessons from how Ireland has dealt with the challenges of Brexit.
Three years on since the UK left the European Union (EU), a Midlands business owner has described the move as a "complete disaster". / Nic Laurens, who runs an abrasives supply firm in Shropshire, moved 90% of his company to the Republic of Ireland in order to remain in the EU.
Promise of Brexit as ‘magic door for the sunlit uplands’ was an illusion, says Michel Barnier [5 mins]
29/01/2023
It has now been three years since the UK exited Europe, but Michel Barnier, the man who helped broker the divorce for Europe, and the author of a new book ‘My Secret Brexit Diary’ – says there are still lessons to be learned from the whole experience.
Three years after the UK officially left the EU, what can be learned by looking back at the Brexit negotiation process, and how has it impacted on the relationship between the EU and the UK?
A hard border in Ireland must be avoided, the Irish premier has urged Rishi Sunak.