Aidan Flynn: Countdown to border checks at British ports 

So far Irish exporters, particularly those involved in the export of food products, live animals, animal products, plants, or plant products, have been immune to the full impact of Brexit

Britain recently published details of its Border Target Operating Model, a regime of new SPS and security controls on imports into the UK from countries inside and outside the EU. Picture: Getty

It’s almost the seventh anniversary of the Brexit referendum in the UK, but the fallout is still still being felt in Ireland with its major trading partner.

The Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) that promised to deliver a “deep and meaningful relationship” between the UK and the EU, has in truth yet to be realised — the stumbling block having been the Northern Ireland protocol.