Irish farming could follow the UK down the Brexit rabbit hole

Good clean fun: Sean Esmonde from Carlow at the National Ploughing Championship in Screggan, Co Offaly, yesterday. Photo: Steve Humphreys

Margaret Donnelly

'If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there," the Mad Hatter told Alice in Wonderland. That's what one source in Europe said to me recently, when I asked, 'how are the British really dealing with Brexit?'

For the most part, Ireland's attention around Brexit has focused on our own dependency on the UK market, and the value and volume of food and drink exports to our nearest neighbour.