Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The figures of the scale of trade between Ireland and Britain on a daily basis over and back across the Irish Sea are well known. The year 2017 is a very long way away in terms of politics and the views that might be expressed by the British Government and the British people. Clearly, the general election in Britain will take place in the interim.

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