IBEC says Government intervention will be like a life-support for some businesses if there’s a no-deal Brexit.
It’s calling for State Aid support worth 1.5 billion euro over the next three years if a deal isn’t struck when the UK leaves the EU.
IBEC wants the state to re-introduce an enhanced Enterprise Stabilisation Fund, like it did during the financial crisis in 2009.
Fergal O’Brien – who is IBEC’s Director of Policy and Public Affairs – says rural Ireland could be adversely affected:
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