The Brexit bypass

Pre-Brexit routes

Post-Brexit routes

Pre-Brexit

Goods would travel from Dublin via Holyhead then on to Dover and across to the continent

Post-Brexit

Northern Ireland is bypassing Dublin and Holyhead and instead opting for Cairnryan and Liverpool

Cairnryan

Belfast

Liverpool

Dublin

Land-bridge

route

Holyhead

Rosslare

Fishguard

Dunkirk

London

Dover

Calais

Post-Brexit

Freight for the continent is now taking new ferry routes to Cherbourg and Dunkirk

Cherbourg

150 km

150 miles

Pre-Brexit routes

Post-Brexit routes

Pre-Brexit

Goods would travel from Dublin via Holyhead then on to Dover and across to the continent

Post-Brexit

Northern Ireland is bypassing Dublin and Holyhead and instead opting for Cairnryan and Liverpool

Cairnryan

Belfast

Liverpool

Dublin

Land-bridge

route

Holyhead

Rosslare

Fishguard

Dunkirk

London

Dover

Post-Brexit

Freight for the continent is now taking new ferry routes to Cherbourg and Dunkirk

Calais

Paris

Cherbourg

France

200 km

200 miles