not really - only 12% of Irish products head to the UK (and 25% of Irish imports originate from the UK). The EU has given the Irish the ability to grow their GDP per capita greater than the UK’s
You love to distort the picture, it seems. “Only” 12 percent of those Irish exports makes the UK Ireland’s third largest trading partner behind Belgium and the United States. If the EU did not exist, Ireland’s trade with European countries would most likely be larger, and more flexible via bilateral agreements instead of under the morass of EU regulations as it is now.
What’s behind your hijack of this thread?