Ireland has ramped up direct shipping routes to mainland Europe since the end of the Brexit transition period, seeking new passages to the EU bypassing freight jams feared at UK borders.
Ireland has ramped up direct shipping routes to mainland Europe since the end of the Brexit transition period, seeking new passages to the EU bypassing freight jams feared at UK borders.
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Debenhams has been forced to close its online business in Ireland to avoid the cost of tariffs which are now required under the trade deal agreed between the UK and the EU.
The Debenhams.ie website was taken offline on Christmas Eve as the Trade and Cooperation Agreement was published.
Customers were informed that it is no longer possible for Debenhams to deliver orders to the Republic of Ireland due to uncertainty around post-Brexit trade rules .
Debenhams is not alone. At least 50 major UK retailers, including Marks and Spencer and Tesco, are in the process of going through their products lines, to establish how many of them will be now subject to tariffs from the EU.
Thursday, 07 Jan 2021 12:23 PM MYT
A lorry passes signage on the old Dublin road near the border with Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, on January 1, 2021, as Britain begins life outside the European Union. AFP pic
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DUBLIN, Jan 7 Ireland has ramped up direct shipping routes to mainland Europe since the end of the Brexit transition period, seeking new passages to the EU bypassing freight jams feared at UK borders.
Every year 150,000 lorries use the “UK landbridge” to transport three million tonnes of freight between the Republic and the European mainland.