Splitting hairs: Wig honouring Arthur Guinness snagged by Brexit bureaucracy

'Malt to Vault' at Ardclough, Co Kildare, is the burial place of Guinness founder Arthur Guinness.

A wig destined to grace a museum mannequin honouring Arthur Guinness, founder of the brewing dynasty, has emerged as an unlikely symbol of Brexit snarl-ups currently plaguing trade across the Irish Sea.

The reopening plans this week of ‘The ‘Malt to Vault’ museum at Ardclough, Co Kildare, located close to Arthur’s final resting place, almost went awry when the 1700s-era replica hairpiece ordered from an English supplier fell foul of Brexit documentation bureaucracy at Irish customs.