Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union

Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union

Mr. Michael Russell:

I never refuse invitations, so I am delighted to be invited to Kildare. I shall be there as soon as I possibly can. I agree with Senator Wall on the sporting and tourism links. These are all things which we have and need to build on.

The content of Brexit makes it much more important that we focus on them. We have sometimes been casual about relationships in the past but we now need to be very serious about them. Certainly on our side, we need to be very serious about them because we are being put at a remove of one step. We need to move back from that. Of course, the review is part of the process to make sure we are not put at a remove. It would not happen in tourism or other areas. I am sure it would not happen through the rivalry on the sports pitch, whatever the sport. In this part of Scotland, shinty is bigger than football. I am sure the annual battle will continue with even greater vigour.

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