Border firms warn of ‘catastrophic’ impact of Brexit
Representatives of businesses facing ruin over the UK’s exit from the EU visit Dublin
Farmer John Sheridan estimates that about one-fifth of the 5,000 jobs in Northern Ireland’s beef processing industry would be lost in a hard Brexit. Photograph: Alan Betson
A group of businesspeople from Northern Ireland and the Border counties travelled to Dublin on Wednesday to warn about the impact of Brexit on their areas.
Independent Senator Gerard Craughwell, who invited them, said that “instead of bringing politicians together to talk about Brexit, what we have done is brought the people who are suffering the results of Brexit”.