Michael Creed: Ireland must prepare for every Brexit scenario

Agriculture Minister Michael Creed says Ireland must be prepared for every Brexit scenario, including a second referendum, but must not be complacent.

Ahead of talks in the new year on trade priorities for Ireland, as part of the future EU-UK relationship, Mr Creed said there were just weeks to drive home concerns about Ireland’s fisheries sector.

As Ireland and like-minded EU countries, such as Spain, France, the Netherlands, and Denmark, moved into phase two of Brexit talks on trade, it was crucial to ensure that debate about fishing rights was “not isolated” and was, instead, part of “some broad agreement”, said Mr Creed.