Brian Keegan: ‘Brexit means Brexit’ and also means higher Irish costs

Chatting to business people in Belfast the other week, it is evident that the consequences of Brexit are already being felt north of the border, and the consequences are not all bad.

Once you pass Dundalk, you begin to see the signs for shops and businesses offering straight euro for sterling conversion.

Businesses are quite happy to give what is in effect a 10% discount on sales for the extra trade it brings. The car parks in shopping centres in Newry are full again, I’m told, with two southern registration plates for every Northern plate.