"Iains the EU will gear up for this) the new ferries may well be of benefit to Ireland."
They may well be, if the EU continues to be bone headed, However, as has been clearly demonstrated, should those ferries be of benefit there will be a considerable additional cost to Ireland. They had also better get their skates on. Ships do not fall of trees, especially specialised ro ro ones. Remember 50% of irish supermarket products come from the UK.

Remainiacs are so busy listening to scare stories they overlook the fact that stalling talks hits both ways.

a scare at bedtime