John Whelan: Irish exporters survived chaos in markets in 2024
Despite pressure on supply lines and falling sales to Britain due to Brexit, Irish exporters expect to see an all-time high total of €690m by year end, thanks in part to sales into a buoyant US. File Picture: Larry Cummins
The year 2024 was one of social and economic strife. When Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 last year, few would have predicted the scale of human suffering that transpired that day and in the months that followed.Â
Far fewer still would have anticipated that global supply lines, the cost of raw materials, and the availability of finished goods would be impacted by terror attacks on global shipping lines tied to these events.
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