Coveney: Ireland will be first in line for €5bn Brexit fund

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said Ireland would do well from the EU compensation fund to cushion the economic disruption from Brexit. Picture: Julien Behal Photography.

Ireland “will be first in line” for the €5bn Brexit adjustment fund, Simon Coveney has said. 

The Foreign Affairs Minister said the country would do well from the EU compensation fund to cushion the economic disruption from Brexit, despite France being likely to get the lion’s share.