The Irish border: ‘An inconvenient truth in London?’ September 14, 2019 Rural Life The Irish Government will be transparent and truthful on the border issue – that is an inconvenient truth in London – it is…
How will mobile phone charges between Ireland and the UK after Brexit be affected? September 7, 2019 N.Ireland The Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment has engaged with industry specifically on the issue of mobile roaming between Ireland and the…
UK farmers call for review of no-deal tariff policy and NI zero-tariff arrangement September 2, 2019 Agri-Business A British farmers’ representative group has written to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him to review the UK’s no-deal trade tariffs –…
‘As far as the people of this area are concerned the DUP is not interested’ September 1, 2019 N.Ireland Apart from workers here having to apply for certain status [because of Brexit] there is now also the economic viability of actually working…
Meirionnydd farmers tell politicians they ‘fear for future’ September 1, 2019 Agri-Business Farmers from Meirionnydd told local politicians of their fears for the future when they met at the local county show in Harlech this…
Brexit: ‘We are just going to have to wait and see what happens’ August 30, 2019 N.Ireland Can a company like ours absorb 9% costs supplying major multi-retailers? The answer to that is no. In addition to that, many of…
Waiting with bated breath for a no-deal Brexit impact on business August 30, 2019 N.Ireland A business like mine is very exposed to the implications of a no-deal Brexit; we are talking about everyday products for everyday people…
Bridging the great divide with due diligence and a sense of care August 29, 2019 N.Ireland McNamee’s Bakery was established in Crossmaglen in 1939 – on the day World War II began the family signed for the property in…
‘This Brexit will set us back years and years – it’s difficult times’ August 28, 2019 N.Ireland Arthur O’Neill of O’Neill’s Tractors in Crossmaglen set up the business in 1985 and, while it has weathered a few storms in the…
‘Hatred being fuelled by North’s polarising politics’ – GAA star Justin McNulty August 23, 2019 N.Ireland Justin McNulty was just nine years old when a bomb exploded in a field 100m from the kitchen table where he, and his…
Farming to lose £850 million in profits after no-deal – research August 20, 2019 Agri-Business UK farming will lose £850 million in profits in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to research from a leading farming consultancy…
Possible dairy cattle cull in NI after ‘no-deal’ Brexit – reports August 8, 2019 Dairy A no-deal Brexit may result in around 45,000 dairy cattle being culled in Northern Ireland because of new tariffs that would exist for…
‘Panic’ gripping UK meat industry over no-deal tariff fears August 7, 2019 Agri-Business A “sense of panic is now gripping the UK meat industry”, according to the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA), due to fears from…
Cross-border trade to ‘virtually stop’ after ‘no-deal’ August 2, 2019 Agri-Business An official UK Government document, seen by some of the cabinet, warns that cross-border agri-food trade between Northern Ireland and the Republic of…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson to visit farm and meet Welsh farmers to talk Brexit July 30, 2019 Agri-Business Farmers and food producers will continue to thrive in post-Brexit Britain – or at least that’s what the PM will say in a…
‘Urgent action needed to protect the UK sheep industry’ July 30, 2019 Sheep With warnings of an ‘inevitability’ the UK will exit the EU without a deal on October 31, and talk of the PM ‘turbocharging’…
Reinstatement to Shortage Occupation List a ‘resounding win’ for veterinary July 26, 2019 Agri-Business The BVA has hailed the Home Office’s decision to accept the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) recommendation for vets to be reinstated on the…
‘Hard Brexit is doomsday for farmers’ – McAleer July 25, 2019 N.Ireland Independent reports by the Irish Institute of European Affairs (IIEA) and the Department of Economy confirm that a hard Brexit will be a…
