Brexit
Battle over Irish border threatens EU/UK trade talks
Two-thirds of major exporters in Ireland ship goods via Britain on way to European and global markets.
Nestled on the southern coast of Ireland, Cork is more than 300km from the Northern Irish border that has emerged as a flashpoint in bitter Brexit talks between Dublin, London and Brussels.
Yet as a hub for multinational tech and healthcare companies from Apple to Pfizer, using shipping links with Britain as a gateway to Europe, Ireland’s second city is fast discovering that it too has much to lose from Brexit. Two-thirds of the major exporters in Ireland ship goods via Britain on their way to European and global markets, according to the Irish Exporters Association.
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