As reported, #StormEllen as moved further east along the southern coast. The winds at the Fastnet have largely remained the same now for over an hour and will likely not rise any further.
🌉🚛Hello. So, the landbridge has appeared in the news a good deal this week due to Brexit, which was kicked off by @SiCarswell's article last Monday on it.
🧵I’d like to explore some of core issues around it with a thread 1/
🚚🚢🛣️It involves businesses accessing Britain's port and road networks in order to move trade to and from the European continent, e.g.:
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Dublin - Heysham/Holyhead/Liverpool - Dover - Calais
Rosslare - Fishguard/Pembroke - Dover - Calais
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Why do businesses do this?
⏲️One simple issue: time. Its takes c. 20 hours to go from Dublin - Calais, a journey of c. 800km that takes you right to the core of EU's Single Market.
Combine this with frequent ferry sailings and a stable road network, its a winning formula.
.@vonderleyen opens her first State of the Union address to the @Europarl_EN as President of the @EU_Commission by thanking healthcare workers across the EU for their bravery during the ongoing #COVID19 pandemic. #SOTEU
🩺🇪🇺And UvdL states her first policy proposal: as a result of the pandemic she recommends the need to "build a stronger European health union" and also to look at health competencies in the Conference on the Future of Europe.
🚢Whow. This is such welcome news for 🇮🇪@PortofCork and the wider Munster region, as 🇧🇪@Port_Zeebrugge is right at the core of Europe's port and transport networks.
🇮🇪🇪🇸Back in February Brittany Ferries had ended its Cork - Santander sailing, which had started in June 2018, would instead change to a Rosslare Europort - Bilbao service. rte.ie/news/leinster/…