Brexit

Draft Brexit Withdrawal Welcome, But Challenges For Retailers Remain, Says Retail Ireland

Retail Ireland has welcomed the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement as a very important achievement that establishes the potential for an orderly UK withdraw...

Irish Consumer Spending To Increase Over The Next Three Years

Irish consumer spending is forecast to increase by 3% by the end of 2018, with further increases in 2019 and 2020. This comes from the latest Consumer M...

European Dairy Association Welcomes News Of Brexit Agreement

President of the European Dairy Association (EDA), Michel Nalet, acknowledged the efforts made by both negotiation teams in Brexit to come to a withdraw ag...

Tara McCarthy: British Consumers See Irish Products As 'Locally Sourced'

CEO of Bord Bia, Tara McCarthy, claimed that British consumers view Irish products as ‘locally sourced’, particularly when it comes to beef, ra...

Food Wise Process 'Ensures Relevant State Agencies Are Brexit Ready'

The Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine, Michael Creed, said that co-ordination mechanisms around the Food Wise 2025 process provide “a ve...

Imperial Brands To Build Up Inventory Worth £30M Ahead Of Brexit

British tobacco company Imperial Brands plans to build inventories next year, to avoid any potential supply disruption that might arise with Brexit, it sai...

Irish Drinks Industry Meets Barnier Taskforce On Brexit Priorities

Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland (ABFI) has recently met with the EU Commission's Taskforce Article 50 in Brussels to discuss the ongoing Brexit nego...

Sterling Rises After Report EU To Compromise On Irish Border Brexit Proposal

Sterling rose a quarter of a percent on Tuesday as hopes grew for a Brexit deal breakthrough, encouraging investors to buy the British currency with the st...