“Some customers have been in contact with me about this, others haven’t realised what the situation is yet. But if something is sitting up in Dublin for a few days, and their costs start to go up, they will pay attention to it then,” he said. “There is a major concern around delays for these substances as they are all perishable. Many of these are being transported with dry ice or in cryo-containers which can keep them viable for a certain amount of time.
“They are a major multinational company, paying corporation tax in Ireland and employing a lot of people. What are they going to think when they see this going on? These are important companies being treated with complete contempt,” he says. “So this package was sent via Shannon, as would have been normal for them in the past. So I started processing the paperwork for this shipment. I contacted the Department of Agriculture [in Shannon], notified them that this has arrived and ask them to check it. The guys in Shannon say they can’t handle it, they’ve been informed that this has to go to Dublin.