How Northern Ireland is enjoying a Brexit boost 10 years after the vote

As Labour leadership contenders in the UK muse about rolling back Brexit, the one region that retained unfettered access to the European Union’s market for goods is thriving.

Northern Ireland has enjoyed bumper economic growth at twice the pace of the rest of the country in recent years, with many businesses getting the best of both worlds by having one foot in the British market and another in the EU one. And while violent protests over an asylum-seeker arrested in connection with a brutal stabbing attack in Belfast have prompted fresh criticism of the open border with the Republic of Ireland, there’s increasing evidence that the region’s special status is helping businesses there.

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