Open Europe study: How would Brexit impact Ireland?The front page of The Irish Times features the latest instalment of Open Europe’s Brexit study, which finds that Ireland could be worse off than the UK in a Brexit scenario. In a best-case scenario, where the UK negotiated an “ambitious” free-trade agreement with the EU, Ireland would still see a permanent loss of 1.1% of GDP by 2030 – despite the UK potentially gaining up to 1.6% of GDP. In a worst case scenario, Ireland could see a permanent loss of 3.1% to GDP in 2030. A UK-Ireland customs border – which …read more
Source: Open Europe