Taoiseach should potential effects

Louth County Council Chairman Paul Bell has formally invited An Taoiseach Enda Kenny to visit Louth in the aftermath of the UK voting to leave the EU for the purpose of meeting with the elected members of Louth County Council and Officials as well as Oireachtas members, representatives of the business community, the trade union movement and the farming community.

The newly elected chairman said: ‘As soon as the Brexit result was announced, the chairman of Louth County Council Economic and Enterprise SPC Mark Deary engaged with me on this most serious development which has the potential to negatively impact on the future of our society and local economy.

Following this engagement I determined that a formal invitation be issued to An Taoiseach with immediate effect.

‘ The democratic decision of the citizens of the United Kingdom is exit the EU is to be respected. However it is clear that a degree of uncertainty is manifesting itself within the British political system which is making it somewhat difficult to understand what focus if any the UK authorities have if any on addressing the concerns of its closest EU neighbour. T

‘ Therefore it is essential that government work with our council on the development of a corporate response to all the identified challenges’.

Meanwhile, Cllr. Dearey, who was recently elected as the chairperson of the Dundalk Municipal District Committee, said the town had been left ‘shocked and stunned’ by the Brexit decision.

The Green Party councillor said: ‘While we are deeply disappointed and for now, disorientated, by the outcome of the referendum, we must work to find our bearings and ensure