The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Charlie Flanagan is holding a series of meetings in London to discuss the the on-going work by government to boost trade across the Irish Sea.
The UK is the largest Irish export market, with two-way trade in goods and services worth almost €1bn per week.
It accounted for 42% of our food and drink exports last year.
The Dublin-London air route is also the second busiest international corridor in the world, with 3.6 million passengers taking it in 2013. http://www.newstalk.ie/DublinLondon-is-second-busiest-airplane-city-route-in-the-world
Mr Flanagan has met representatives from Enterprise Ireland and the IDA in London today.
Later, he will meet a small group of members of the Global Irish Network - which advises the government and works closely with Irish embassies around the world.
Mr Flanagan will also meet with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers, to discuss recent developments there - as well as assessing the potential for progress amongst the parties of the Northern Ireland Executive.
