Health warning for brewers across the border
Exporters in the North say rules would add to costs of selling to Ireland
Northern Irish brewer William Mayne is about to get an early taste of Brexit’s implications.
Mayne, 25, produces beers with names like ‘Small Axe’ and ‘Brainwashed’ in distinctive, brightly-coloured cans. New labelling rules being considered in Ireland to lay out the risks associated with alcohol might mean he has to tone down that characteristic branding in his closest potential export market - across the border.
“Because we are so agile and used to ...