Only Brexit certainty is big changes in EU-UK food and agri trade

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar recently presenting the Government's  2020 Brexit Readiness Action Plan. Picture: Julien Behal Photography

Brexit negotiations have intensified ahead of the unofficial deadline for a Brexit trade deal to be agreed, the meeting of EU leaders on October 15 and 16.

Leaders on each side remain optimistic that a trade relationship can be agreed before the end of the year, and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier has suggested talks would continue up to Nobember.