Paul Rouse: Pigeon racing trying to navigate through a Brexit storm

The Irish Homing Union was established in 1895 and there are at least 120 racing pigeon clubs. These clubs reside in two regions – the North Region which covers Northern Ireland and the Southern Region which covers the Republic of Ireland. There are also local federations of clubs across Ireland

Pigeons are liberated by the Gloucester Federation at Yeovil Showground last year. Picture: Michael Steele/Getty Images

The ways in which the shameless cabal of opportunists who have made their political careers on the back of Brexit have complicated the lives and loves of tens of millions of people is apparently endless.

It is the ultimate political theatre of the absurd — and the latest group to be affected are pigeon fanciers.