The Irish Times view on a no-deal Brexit: the worst-case scenario looms into view
The impact on the food and drink industry would be severe, and some products would be in short supply in Irish supermarkets
Opposition leaders have criticised Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for failing to come up with detailed Brexit contingency plans before now. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
The dramatic political developments in Westminster over the past two days have brought the prospect of a no-deal Brexit into sharp relief. Unless the House of Commons comes up with a viable deal, the United Kingdom will crash out of the European Union on March 29th with potentially devastating consequences for this State.
Although there has been a lot of discussion over the past year and more about the potential downside of a hard Brexit, the full impact of such a development on every aspect of Irish life is only now beginning to enter the public consciousness.