Author: Frank Schnittger

Worst case Brexit scenario could see Irish GDP fall by 9%, says EU report A new study into the effects of Brexit on UK and EU trade, particularly agricultural trade, warns that Ireland’s GDP could be harder hit than the...

Helen and others have expressed scepticism as to whether a “no deal” Brexit could actually happen in reality. Surely the leaders of the UK and EU couldn’t be so incompetent or irresponsible? I have been gaming...

Many at the European Tribune have been predicting a hard Brexit almost from day one, convinced that the UK government was being almost totally unrealistic in what it expected to achieve out of the negotiations.  Ministers...

When focusing on the political and economic aspects of Brexit, it is easy to forget the human drama it represents for many people. Here is an extract from an Irish UK immigrant’s story: What’s it like observing an...

When the 1916 rising against British rule in Ireland took place, many of the defeated insurgents were booed on the streets of Dublin as they were led to imprisonment: Such was the popular anger at the damage their ill-planned...