Oliver Mangan: Euro-sterling parity looms if Brexit talks fail

Ireland is stepping up preparations for a hard Brexit, where the UK would move to trading under World Trade Organisation rules from the start of next year

The euro could reach parity with sterling if the UK-EU trade talks fail and a hard Brexit materialises

Brexit has moved right back up the Government’s agenda recently as fears grow that the EU-UK trade talks will end in failure this autumn.

Ireland is stepping up preparations for a hard Brexit, where the UK would move to trading under World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules from the start of next year.