The EU needs cool heads amid increasing uncertainty

The concern of many member states is that the EU is getting too big for its boots, writes Paul Mills.

In these days of ever increasing uncertainty, steady hands are required on all decks. It’s 11 months since the people of the UK voted to leave the EU. In a matter of weeks, the British government will hit the ‘Brexit Button’ and there is little chance of Britain changing its mind. Indeed, as we can determine from the polarised British press, a decision to try to reverse the result of the referendum would be worse than Brexit itself, with the risk of the UK being torn apart.

Britain has been our single major trading partner for a very long time, through thick and thin. Now, despite what the optimists might say, Ireland stands to be a big loser in the short term. In the long term, we could win against the odds.