Irish truckers, ports warn time is running out over Brexit plans           

A container ship at Tivoli Docks in Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

Irish and British businesses, ports, air, and shipping lines, as well as hauliers, looked on in disbelief as the EU and UK political leaders once again pushed out their 'we-want-a-deal-but-are-ready-for-no-deal' statements, following the failure to meet last week's deadline for an exit agreement. 

The threats sound increasingly less credible as the  coronavirus economic devastation becomes clearer by the week. In a rational world, neither the UK nor the EU could afford to add another crisis to the unprecedented recession.