Brexit also means UK has to strike new airline deals

Ireland now has full knowledge on how the UK intends to exit the EU and that provides a level of insight that helps shape how to respond.

We know that Article 50 will kick start the process probably before April of this year and then the EU and UK have 24 months before the UK access to the single market closes.

At that point, without a new trade agreement, Britain leaves a wide range of marketplaces which have been forged through a lot of hard work and political will over decades of negotiation.