CityJet boss: Brexit will be ‘car crash’

The “car crash” of Brexit is the “most scary economic prospect of our lifetime” but people, including Ireland’s political leadership, still do not realise just how serious it is, the founder of Irish regional airline CityJet has said.

The “car crash” of Brexit is the “most scary economic prospect of our lifetime” but people, including Ireland’s political leadership, still do not realise just how serious it is, the founder of Irish regional airline CityJet has said.

Pat Byrne, who was speaking at a business conference in Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, said: “It almost seems that the Brexit car crash must be allowed to happen before the people of the UK see the folly of it.”