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Brexit will be good for the Irish tech/finance scene but disastrous for agriculture and tourism.

• nmeofthestate 8y ago
  Why tourism? Ireland will stay part of the CTA, so no change to accessibility from the UK, and of course it will still be equally accessible to the rest of the world. Unless this is about GBP dropping in value making it more expensive for potential UK tourists.
  • s_dev 8y ago
    I predict a hard border in Ireland, drop in value of pound and an effective end to the CTA. Ireland is going to ultimately have to adopt Schengen which means an end to CTA if the UK leaves the EU fully. We currently don't have to join Schengen because of an opt-out the UK got in one of the treaties.
    • pjc50 8y ago
      Hard border in Ireland leads to border poll and reunification of Ireland within a decade.
    • nmeofthestate 8y ago
      "Ireland is going to ultimately have to adopt Schengen" - I don't see this happening, although with the debacle of how brexit is being handled by the UK government, who really knows. To a certain extent geography dictates policy, and Ireland being in Schengen is a bit silly given the lack of land borders with Schengenland.
      • bkor 8y ago
        > To a certain extent geography dictates policy, and Ireland being in Schengen is a bit silly given the lack of land borders with Schengenland. Counterexample: Iceland is part of Schengen. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area#Current_members https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area#Current_members.