🌉🚛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/

irishtimes.com/news/ireland/i… 🤨What is the landbridge?

🚚🚢🛣️It involves businesses accessing Britain's port and road networks in order to move trade to and from the European continent, e.g.:

🇮🇪🇬🇧🇫🇷

Dublin - Heysham/Holyhead/Liverpool - Dover - Calais
Rosslare - Fishguard/Pembroke - Dover - Calais

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.@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.

#SOTEU #SOTEU2020 #StrongerTogetherEU

The very literal calm before the storm at Fastnet Rock Lighthouse. That 5 knots is about 9 km/h. #StormEllen

https://twitter.com/FastnetLHouse/status/1296173790955806732?s=20

Slight up tick in wind now, 10 knots is about 18 km/p. #StormEllen

https://twitter.com/FastnetLHouse/status/1296183490082414593?s=20

🇪🇺🇬🇧I've written this piece as fisheries and Brexit are back in the news.

🎣Coming from a fishing community, that I'm dearly missing during #COVID19, many will be worried over Brexit.

🧵But why is that? A thread for your consideration! 1/

https://twitter.com/emireland/status/1267380079899926528?s=20

Two EU fishery principles are shaping Brexit talks:

1: Equal conditions of access: since 1970 any Member State vessel can (generally) access waters of another.

It was done before the 1973 accession as original EEC members wanted continued access to 🇩🇰🇮🇪🇳🇴🇬🇧 fish rich waters. 2/

🚢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.

⚓️Between #COVID19 and #Brexit, we need our maritime routes working for us.
echolive.ie/corknews/Cork-… I'm delighted with this news.

🇮🇪🇪🇸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/…

It is April 22nd and it is my birthday.

Below, I have outlined my mood board for the day. I'm over the moon with my selection of birthday cards that have arrived in the post :)

I'm keeping them all by my laptop to cheer me up as I work from home :)