‘Ireland should tap EU for special funds under Brexit’

The Government should urgently press Brussels to tap multi-billion euro funds if the UK were to vote in June to leave the EU, the country’s leading expert on the risks facing Ireland has said.

‘Ireland should tap EU for special funds under Brexit’

Associate research professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute Edgar Morgenroth told the Irish Examiner that Ireland should immediately lobby the EU in the event of the UK leaving to fund major initiatives such as building an electricity interconnector to France, transport networks on the island and accessing transit permits for trucks travelling via England to continental ports.

He said the Government would also need to campaign to remove the risks facing milk and other agricultural goods.

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