New figures show staggering scale of Irish agri-food sector's dependence on UK market

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Colm Kelpie and Ciaran Moran

Documents contained in the UK government's sectoral analyses, prepared in advance of the country's departure from the EU and published ahead of Christmas, highlight some important statistics about the close nature of the relationship between the UK and Ireland.

The most staggering is the scale of our agri-food sector's dependence on the UK market.