Support regional exporting, says Port of Cork

One of the Port of Cork’s most senior figures has blasted multinationals and the export industry for failing to support the regions in exporting goods to the UK and continental Europe.

Commercial manager at the port, Captain Michael McCarthy, said it made “absolutely no sense” for exporters to drive from Cork and Kerry to Dublin or Belfast to transfer their goods to the UK or Europe, when regional ports, such as Cork, could be used.

Mr McCarthy, who was speaking following a seminar hosted by the Irish Exporters’ Association (IEA), in Cork, warned that the Government would be left with massive regional imbalance post-Brexit, unless the issue was tackled.