Facing up to Brexit headache

BREXIT is a headache for the European Union but a full-blown crisis for Britain with the high risk of collateral damage for Ireland.

That is what European Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Phil Hogan declared when he recently addressed two Oireachtas Committees in Dublin.

He told the Agriculture Committee he had no new insight as to what the consequences of Brexit are for Ireland, Britain, cross-border relations or the UK’s future relationship with the EU.