The Irish Economy Faces Challenges Regardless of Brexit Outcome

DBRS has today released a commentary: The Irish Economy Faces Challenges Regardless of Brexit Outcome. Given the looming March 29 Brexit deadline, most attention is understandably being paid to how Ireland would manage the severe consequences of the UK exiting the union without a transition agreement. A no-deal Brexit is clearly the most painful outcome for the Irish economy. However, a benign Brexit outcome in which uncertainty associated with Brexit evaporated would not eliminate, and over time may even exacerbate, existing economic challenges.