But the company also exemplifies the links between business, religion, and the politics of Brexit in some parts of Northern Ireland. Coburn said: “If you’re trying to look forward, what’s good for business in Northern Ireland is definitely an all-island-economy basis. “Northern Ireland is really suffering because of the lack of an executive,” he said. At a time when you’ve got Brexit you really need direction.”But it is the potential impact of a no-deal Brexit that looms largest. The Northern Irish civil service has estimated 40,000 jobs would be lost in a no-deal Brexit.

Source: The Guardian September 28, 2019 15:01 UTC