The Republic of Ireland is starting to feel the pressure of Brexit as a no-deal result becomes more and more likely.
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With talk of 50-55,000 jobs being at risk in the Republic of Ireland should the UK withdraw from the European Union (EU) on WTO terms, the Irish government has said that a no deal would cause far reaching changes on the island or Ireland.
In its latest contingency report on Brexit, the Irish government has warned that the current frictionless nature of North-South trade would be affected and that the imposition of tariffs and customs checks would cause more cost and disruption for business.
The contingency report also talks about the profound effect that a no deal would have on the Republic and the impact during the first year would be very damaging it says.
Further, the report says that the land bridge across the UK between the Republic and the rest of the EU would be subject to severe delays.
A report in Bloomberg had earlier reported that:
"Ireland is set to acknowledge publicly for the first time the need to set up checks at or around its border with Northern Ireland in a no-deal Brexit scenario, people familiar with the matter said."
But the Irish government has said this was incorrect. With the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, reported by newstalk.com as saying:
"The truth is that we will need to take some action somewhere in our economy to ensure that we are protecting the integrity of the products that are then going to be sold on out of Ireland.
"We are not g..
