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Irish brewers and distillers navigate potential US tariffs, drawing on Brexit experience

Irish brewers and distillers navigate potential US tariffs, drawing on Brexit experience

Irish alcohol producers are preparing flexible strategies to counter potentially devastating tariffs from the United States, with many drawing on lessons learned during Brexit to maintain market access. Industry leaders are exploring multiple approaches, including pivoting to Asian markets and licensing recipes to US-based brewers, while simultaneously urging government intervention in EU trade negotiations. Taoiseach … Read more

Republic of Ireland workers 40% more productive than NI- ESRI

An Oireachtas committee has heard that workers in the Republic of Ireland are 40% more productive than those in Northern Ireland.The gap is considerably greater in monetary terms, with Northern Ireland’s per capita income being less than half of that of the Republic of Ireland’s.Dr. Alan Barrett, CEO of the Economic and Social Research Institute … Read more

Taoiseach Varadkar and UK Prime Minister Sunak have ‘good conversation’ about Northern Ireland Protocol

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have had a “good conversation” about the Northern Ireland Protocol. The two leaders spoke by phone on a range of issues but the conversation mostly focused on restoring the democratic institutions in Northern Ireland and the ongoing EU-UK negotiations on the protocol and British-Irish relations … Read more

PTSB announces new Brexit Impact Loan Scheme; Farmers, fishers and small, mid businesses can apply

Permanent TSB (PTSB) is open for applications for the Brexit Impact Loan Scheme (BILS), CEO Eamonn Crowley has announced today. The Brexit Impact Loan Scheme provides low-cost loans to Brexit-impacted Irish businesses, including those in the primary agriculture and seafood sectors. The scheme makes a fund of up to €330m available to eligible businesses with … Read more