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English class head to Ireland in Brexit twist

I’m an English teacher at a German secondary school. For the past 12 years, I’ve taken my A-level class to England for a week-long trip (Big story, Brexit one year on, 31 December).

We spent a lot of money on those trips: four nights in a hotel, meals, theatre visits, guided tours, plus the money the students would spend on food and shopping.

It was always possible to go

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