It will all change for Irish exporters at 11pm on Thursday

Exactly 27 years after the single market was put in place, barriers are going up again between the EU and UK

Lorries queue to enter the port of Dover in Kent. Christmas stockpiling and Brexit uncertainty have again caused huge queues of lorries to stack up in Kent. The latest delays came as the UK marked less than two weeks until 2021 and the end of the Brexit transition period.

Between 1992 and 2006, the EU single market generated 2.75m jobs and 2.15% of extra growth for the economy, worth €518 extra for every person.

However, Brexit means that a good chunk of Ireland’s share of those benefits will end at 11pm tomorrow night.