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Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney announced that Brexit is “not something to be celebrated” after the United Kingdom officially cut ties with the European Union, as he warned of trade disruptions due to the new routine, according to the British newspaper “The Guardian”.
In stark contrast to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s burgeoning characterization of the country’s future after the end of the transition period at 11 pm on Thursday, Coffini charted the UK’s departure as a source of regret..
Coveney called it the end of an era, and said that trade across the Irish Sea “will be disrupted by more controls and advertising, bureaucracy and paperwork, cost and delays.“.
But on Friday, with the first ferries arriving into the Republic of Ireland from Britain under new post-Brexit trade rules, events appeared to go smoothly. In Dublin, Irish ferry ship “Ulysses” docked at 5.55 am with about 12 trucks on board, after traveling from Holyhead in Wales, and there was no delay as cargo trailers cleared customs checks..
Meanwhile, the first ferries have also quietly sailed in and out of Dover Port, although it is believed that the real test has yet to come because the new year is usually calm and the importers have been stockpiling products before the end of the transition period..
In an interview with the program Today On broadcast BBC Radio 4 On Friday, Covigny said: “For 48 years, the UK has really been a central part of the European Union. This is now ending steadily with the end of the transition period… For all of us in Ireland, this is not something to celebrate. Our relationship with the UK is close. Very, very integrated and intertwined, if you like, politically, economically and from a family perspective.“
