Freight traffic between Great Britain and Dublin drops by a fifth

Dublin Port trade with EU has leapt by more than a third since Brexit as new sea routes to continent bypass Great Britain entirely

Freight traffic from Great Britain to Dublin Port has dropped by a fifth since Brexit while business with the EU has leapt by more than a third, a report shows.

Exporters and importers in Ireland have been avoiding the Holyhead-Dover-Calais route over the past nine months, bypassing Great Britain on one of the dozens of new ferry services to the continent that have opened up since 1 January.