Tesco sees Irish sales continue to rise, but UK growth slows ahead of Brexit

Tesco grew sales in Ireland by nearly 3% in the last three months, but growth in its core UK market slowed.

In a trading update, the British supermarket giant said it grew overall group sales by 0.4% to just under £14bn (€16bn) in the three months to the end of May - the first quarter of its financial year.