Warnock: ‘Brexit makes new bridge urgent on Kinlough/Bundoran road’
A Leitrim councillor says that with Brexit, there is now an urgency for a new bridge to be provided on the R280 regional road linking Kinlough in Leitrim and Bundoran in Donegal. Fianna Fail Councillor Justin Warnock says that if there are new custom controls along the border, the R280…
North West MEPs react to Theresa May’s Brexit plan
There are fears the UK Government is failing to acknowledge the complexities of its existing relationship with the EU. North West MEPs have been reacting to Theresa May’s 12 point Brexit plan yesterday. Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuiness says leaving the single market and uncertainty about the customs union will…
MEP says Brexit tariffs ‘inevitable’
A Fine Gael MEP claims the introduction of tariffs between Northern Ireland and the Republic will be inevitable if the British refuse to join a customs union following a Brexit. Brian Hayes was reacting to the British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit speech yesterday. He says her address showed that…
Healy highlights Brexit threat at IFA AGM
The Irish Farmers Association says the threat of Brexit to the agricultural sector must be top of the Government’s agenda. President Joe Healy says politicians in Dublin and Brussels cannot ignore the ongoing impact of the sterling devaluation. Mr Healy says with 40 percent of food exports going to…
Sligo/Leitrim TD fears hard Brexit is going too far
Enda Kenny says Ireland will work to undo some of the effects of a potential ‘hard Brexit’. It’s after the British Prime Minister said she would pull out of the European single market – potentially hitting cross-border trade. Sean Defoe has been looking at the fallout from Theresa May’s speech.…
Sligo Council calls for Brexit minister to be appointed
Sinn Fein’s being accused of abandoning their voters in Northern Ireland when it comes to Brexit It looks like a snap election is on the cards for Stormont after Martin McGuinness resigned as Deputy First Minister yesterday. He’s citing the First Minister Arlene Foster’s handling of a controversial energy scheme…
Brexit branded ‘a mess’ by Commissioner Phil Hogan
Brexit has been branded ‘a mess’ by EU Commissioner Phil Hogan, and he says ‘it’s getting messier’. The former Fine Gael Government minister’s been speaking in a number of papers this morning. He’s told the Irish Independent that he hopes the EU can persuade the UK government on a common…