'No one will go hungry': Month of March set aside for Dáil to deal with hard Brexit legislation

The cabinet also discussed stockpiling medicines, working with wholesalers and buying land near ports and airports to be ready for a no-deal situation.

Update 4:10pm: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has vowed that “no one will go hungry” in the event of a no deal Brexit as he also insisted the country was “very well prepared” for any economic downturn.

Speaking after the first Cabinet meeting of the New Year, Mr Varadkar said 45 pieces of special legislation for would be held off passing through the Dail until March if it looked like Britain would crash out of the EU.