Don’t follow the money, watch the border
The deal the British government is now prepared to do on its EU divorce bill could go as high as €45 billion (Financial Times), €50 billion (BBC) or €65 billion (Guardian). The confusion arises because the reports emerging from both…
Get ready for the Big Bang on April Fool’s Day 2019
It is very difficult to ignore all the political noise and spin, but that is exactly what we need to do right now. We don’t know what the outcome of the Brexit talks will be, but decision-makers seldom have…
A showdown of historic proportions
For a background on Ireland’s recent upping of the ante on Brexit then Tony Connelly’s comment piece on RTE is a must read. In it he outlines how and why Ireland upped the ante – a combination of emerging consensus…
Digging for Victory or digging a hole?
The Brexiteers counterbalance to exiting Europe is the prospect of greater global trade but the Centre for European Reform in this report Dig for Victory on the Wonk.Eu, or here on CER’s own site, says” that a trade deal with the…
Get your transition in first.
Tomorrow, the Guardian reports, the CBI and its counterparts in France, Germany and Italy are to meet the prime minister in Downing Street “to warn that taking much longer to negotiate a transition agreement could render it useless because companies…
Government issues its Brexit ‘still to do’ list
Nobody can say the Irish government is not busy on Brexit. The list below outlines the actions being coordinated by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (DBEI) through its various implementation agencies ranging from the IDA and Enterprise Ireland…
“Bordering on Brexit – voice of border communities.
The Irish Central Area Border Network (ICBAN) has just published a study , conducted by Queens University’s Katy Hayward, on the views of Border Communities on Brexit. The region it says is at risk of being the most deeply affected adding…
CSO puts dedicated Brexit page on website
The Central Statistics Office has added a dedicated page of Brexit indicators to its website. This is a follow-on to its 52-page report Brexit: Ireland and the UK in numbers which BBB covered when it was launched in December 2016. The…
Brexit could destabilise CAP and other EU programmes
The UK exit from the EU will leave holes in the Union budget which are unlikely to be filled without significant changes, according to research carried out for the EU AGRI Committee. “Possible impact of Brexit on the EU budget…
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