Paschal Donohoe orders economic assessment given increased risk of no-deal Brexit

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has ordered a new economic assessment for the country “given the scale of the defeat” for the British Government in the House of Commons on Brexit.

Mr Donohoe said that while a review was to be done by April when his department is due to tell Europe as to how the economy is performing, he has sought an earlier assessment from his officials, given the increased risk of a no-deal Brexit.