Impact of Brexit on Cork explored in new study

24 Jun 2022

Taoiseach Micheál Martin provided the keynote address at the launch of the Cork and the Brexit Effect report at University College Cork on Friday 24 June 2022.

The UCC report identifies how Cork – Ireland’s largest county and second largest city – has managed and mediated the challenges and opportunities posed by Brexit. In particular, it details the extent to which all-island economic, social and cultural opportunities, in the aftermath of Brexit, are being developed and advanced.

At a time when Brexit and the Protocol are creating challenges and uncertainty, this study proposes the broadening of all manner of North-South links with a view to benefiting all people and all parts of the island of Ireland.

- Editor of the report and UCC lecturer, Dr Mary C Murphy

This report represents a work of considerable value by Dr Mary C Murphy, a recognised scholar of North-South relationships. Not alone does it scope out existing links between Northern Ireland and the Cork region, it also includes ideas and recommendations about how to capture new opportunities for investment, cooperation and connection across the island in the context of the post-Brexit period.

- UCC President Prof John O'Halloran