BBC NI Agriculture & Environment correspondent. Hillwalker; Armagh man; Favours broad view from the high ground.
May 17, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Tánaiste @LeoVaradkar tells event in Dublin tonight that direct rule from London not a viable long-term option for NI if Stormont crisis continues
Says alternatives must be considered if power sharing not restored quickly & British Irish Inter-governmental Conference set up under GFA is the best way to do that
Oct 22, 2019 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
WAB impact assessment. Broad read out. Most of the cost and complexity appears to fall on GB firms trading to NI, rather than the other way round. With a specific focus on agrifood, here goes 1/9
Impact assessment heavily caveated, says there's not much data on GB/NI trade flows and its conclusions don't take account of future changes of behavior by firms or changes in costs associated with any new UK EU trading relationship, but..... 2/9
