across the rest of the year.

The only cloud on the horizon is the UK referendum on EU membership scheduled for 2017.

The continued trade sanctions imposed on Russia by the EU and US have had their toll on Irish exports to the region, which are down 48% over the first half of 2014.

The economic slowdown in China, punctuated by the Shanghai stock market burn outs, has also impacted on Irish exports, which grew by a mere 1% in the first half of the year. Irish exports to South Africa fell by a significant 29% and exports to Brazil were down 5% across the first half of the year.

John Whelan is a leading export consultant.first introduced you to the newly formed QPandas team, some further changes have taken place. The two trial support playersBenjamin '' Läärä andCraciunescu '' Alexandru have both been let go from the team, whileHampus '' Olsson has been promoted to official member.While NotAHax has chosen not to comment on events, ComeWithMe in a post on his Facebook page relayed his communications with the team pending his failed trial period. The team stated that although they felt CWM had the experience and skill, the communication and synergy with the rest of the players was not quite there.The decision has left QPandas in need of both another support as well as an off-laner, however the mentality of wanting to find the right synergy before committing to any roster does bode