News / Fears surface over potential for congestion at major UK-EU borders, post-Brexit

Concerns are mounting that even with a Brexit deal that is relatively soft, there could still be considerable freight congestion at some of the major arteries into the UK – especially at the port of Dover and along the UK-Republic of Ireland border.

Ireland’s revenue commissioner, Liam Irwin, yesterday gave evidence to the Irish parliament’s finance committee and warned that, under EU law, 6-8% of all freight crossing the border would need to be checked.

Although he qualified this by adding that a ...