Anxiety about Brexit is mainly thought to concern trade. Regarding imports, a source has warned of empty supermarket shelves and job losses unless new Brexit rules are relaxed. Trade with other european partners is problematic, seemingly due to Britain’s monopoly of routes. All this and the taoiseach and his predecessor continue to identify with Britain.
With regard to exports, statistics published in the last quarter of 2020 showed positive covid results in 40% of samples from Irish meat plants.