Pathways for food firms to build towards life after Brexit

The immediate impact of sterling weakening will make it difficult for Irish exporters to compete in the short term

We are now getting used to the idea that Britain will leave the European Union, with several potential negative impacts on us and our economy.

There are the immediate effects of a weaker sterling, which reduces the buying power of British companies and British tourists, and increases the competitiveness of British business, which is in competition with us, here, in Britain itself and on export markets, in which we compete against each other.