State facing Brexit ‘cliff edge’ as Simon Coveney highlights concerns to Cabinet

Ireland is facing a fresh Brexit cliff edge with the UK formally leaving the European Union tomorrow night at 11pm, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has warned.

“We will have to make some very difficult choices before the summer because the European Union has already indicated that there is no way that a full future relationship agreement that involves free trade agreements can be completed by the end of the year, there is no chance,” he said yesterday.