EU draws up transport proposals for 'no deal' Brexit

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Proposals for developing the maritime links between Ireland and continental Europe have been drawn up by the European Commission as part of contingency plans for a possible 'no deal' Brexit outcome. Among the proposals is a plan to design a new maritime route to link Ireland and the continental part of the North Sea-Mediterranean corridor....

Full news article courtesy of RTE via below web link:
https://www.rte.ie/news/brexit/2018/0614/970482-maritime-links/

Existing Irish ports could see major investments if these proposals are delivered which could see deep water ports like Rosslare Europort and the Port of Cork becoming much busier if they are to handle additional freight as there is the likelihood that Dublin Port would become too congested in the event of a hard Brexit.   

[Steven]

Proposals for developing the maritime links between Ireland and continental Europe have been drawn up by the European Commission as part of contingency plans for a possible 'no deal' Brexit outcome. Among the proposals is a plan to design a new maritime route to link Ireland and the continental part of the North Sea-Mediterranean corridor....

Full news article courtesy of RTE via below web link:
https://www.rte.ie/news/brexit/2018/0614/970482-maritime-links/

Existing Irish ports could see major investments if these proposals are delivered which could see deep water ports like Rosslare Europort and the Port of Cork becoming much busier if they are to handle additional freight as there is the likelihood that Dublin Port would become too congested in the event of a hard Brexit.   

All 'Could'.  Doesn't really take account of the latest developments in the UK, such as the very subtle passing (without vote) of an amendment that says there can be no physical infrastructure between the UK and the EU post Brexit.  Effectively that could mean customs controls being illegal under UK law.

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A bit of a minefield where neither the UK nor EU (and Republic of Ireland by default) will ultimately be better off when this whole process is finished which will probably go on for at least another 3 years or more! Costs will rise and consumers will pay more. And let's not even mention "The Donald" over in the USA.

[Steven]

A bit of a minefield where neither the UK nor EU (and Republic of Ireland by default) will ultimately be better off when this whole process is finished which will probably go on for at least another 3 years or more! Costs will rise and consumers will pay more. And let's not even mention "The Donald" over in the USA.

Thats the thing, nobody really knows what will happen.  Unless they have some sort of crystal ball of course!

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Unfortunately we are caught up in the crossfire and will experience collateral damage.

Prince Charles speech on Thursday 14th June at Cork City Hall was quite interesting.
See below link to speech here:
https://www.itv.com/news/2018-06-14/weve-found-a-new-path-to-shared-prosperity-and-security-charles-tells-ireland/   

Nigel Farage now says Theresa May's version of Brexit will be worse than staying in the EU
See below link here:
https://www.itv.com/news/2018-06-15/nigel-farage-may-should-be-sacked-over-ludicrous-brexit-plans-which-will-leave-uk-worse-off-than-before-referendum/

[Steven]

Unfortunately we are caught up in the crossfire and will experience collateral damage.

Prince Charles speech on Thursday 14th June at Cork City Hall was quite interesting.
See below link to speech here:
https://www.itv.com/news/2018-06-14/weve-found-a-new-path-to-shared-prosperity-and-security-charles-tells-ireland/   

Nigel Farage now says Theresa May's version of Brexit will be worse than staying in the EU
See below link here:
https://www.itv.com/news/2018-06-15/nigel-farage-may-should-be-sacked-over-ludicrous-brexit-plans-which-will-leave-uk-worse-off-than-before-referendum/

To be frank, Nigel Farage would say that.  After all, it was he and others who promised the impossible.  He himself said we could be just like Norway if the U.K. voted to leave during the campaign, but now rejects that notion outright.  As his bankroller Aaron Banks put it last week, they "led people up the garden path".  Of course it has to be someone else's fault if the promised post-Brexit utopia doesn't materialise!!!  It's hard to see how any country could be immediately better off by ditching their largest trading partner and main source of agricultural workers (who else but those from poorer areas wants to work in a field all day for the same money they'd get for sitting behind a desk or on a checkout in a nice warm building - in days gone by students picked fruit in the summer, now they go inter-railing or gallivanting around South America or Asia for most of the summer break), but that's exactly what people were persuaded to think.  We a
Ready have a shortage of NHS staff because the much hailed points system for migrant workers isn't letting enough in, and in some cases is easing to experience staff being sent home.   This is a learning process for everyone though.

I don't think it will be a total disaster myself, but it will no doubt take time for things to "normalise" and there could be some very hard years ahead for the U.K.  Not for Farage, Johnson, Rees-Mogg and co though given their own financial status!

The reasons the people of the U.K. narrowly voted for Brexit are numerous and complex.  However it's not like the people of the U.K. are the only people unhappy with their country's membership of the EU.  The bloc would do well to listen to those people and act accordingly IMHO.

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No doubt, we are largely heading into "uncharted waters" and it's going to be a long period of upheaval not just for the UK but also for the European Union including the Irish Republic. I suspect if the EU Referendum was taken again, it could just as easily reverse the original result as the false promises and exaggerated claims come home to roost with the British electorate. Some striking similarities with how Donald Trump gained the presidency in the USA. Nobody mentioned Automation as a huge factor in lost jobs across America in past decades so; the focus was put on "Immigration" instead.

All that said, the EU would do well to learn lessons about the disconnect between the ordinary citizens and it's current governance structures across the entire bloc.

I wish Theresa May told the British people that their decision to leave the EU will be costing them "X" amount per year on average to each household. Are they happy to proceed on this basis? The ordinary man, woman & child on the UK streets will end up worse off.