The event included a presentation by the authors of the report, Copenhagen Economics, which showed that in all scenarios, the Irish economy is expected to grow but Brexit is expected to have a dampening effect on that growth. Under a relationship such as the EEA type scenario, the impact of Brexit would be to dampen growth by 2.8%, in a worst-case WTO scenario, however, that dampening effect could reach 7%. The extent of regulatory divergence between the EU and UK post Brexit will be a key component of the impact. Five sectors account for 90% of the impact – Agri-food, Pharma-chemicals, Electrical Machinery, Wholesale & Retail, and Air Transport.