Brexit: UK landbridge a 'day-one, month-one danger' for Ireland

Anti-Brexit protesters outside the BEIS Conference Centre in London, where post-Brexit trade deal talks were taking place.

The Government is hugely concerned that UK landbridge gridlock will significantly impact the passage of Irish goods to Europe from next month.

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney, who travelled to Brussels yesterday, is to bring a comprehensive memo to Cabinet on preparations for Brexit with or without a deal.