The border blitz on Britain has caused chaos just days before Christmas. Businesses here are battling to respond to unprecedented moves that have seen countries around the world close their doors to the UK. “We’ll do everything in our power to maintain the flow of incoming and outgoing international mail,” said Garrett Bridgman, the managing director of An Post Mail & Parcels. New freight services are starting up out of Rosslare, with DFDS launching a route to Dunkirk in France next month. If there’s a silver lining, it may be that the chaos focuses minds on achieving an agreement that might otherwise have remained out of reach.

Source: Irish Independent December 22, 2020 02:32 UTC