No Deal Brexit may cause thousands of job losses and food and medicine shortages in Ireland
IRELAND faces food and medicine shortages and 110,000 job losses if there’s a No Deal Brexit – leader Leo Varadkar was warned yesterday. The Irish Central Bank said a crash out on October 31 would cause an economic shock of “unprecedented nature”. AP:Associated Press PM Boris Johnson with Home Secretary Priti Patel[/caption] There would be mayhem at ports and airports, an ICB report said. The apocalyptic forecast came a day after the Irish Premier slapped down Boris Johnson’s request for Ireland to compromise on Brexit by “ abolishing the backstop ”. The ICB predicted No Deal would immediately relegate Ireland from being the Eurozone’s fastest growing economy to its slowest. And warning the risk of a rupture has “increased” since April, the ICB said GDP expansion would be just 0.7 per cent next year, instead of 4.1 per cent with a Brexit deal. Ireland’s Food and Drink Federation has previously warned No Deal could spark shortages of fresh fruit and veg, chicken products, milk ...