Flake shortage could lead to 99 problems for ice cream shop owners

Owner of Beach World Declan O’Connor and his colleague Isabella Butler at the store on Strand Road, Tramore: 'Potentially there isn’t going to be any 99s and a 99 is the Flake – other than that it’s just a plain old cone.'

Some people like a scoop of ice cream, others prefer it whirled up in a tub, but for lovers of the 99, the supply of the Irish delicacy could be cut short this summer.

Over the past number of months, the implication of the UK leaving the EU has been felt by shops and businesses in the Republic who would have regularly imported products from Britain.