By Michael Mainelli While Brexit undoubtedly posed some challenges, London’s ties with Ireland remain strong and constructive, writes Michael Mainelli, Lord Mayor of the City of London In 2021, a blog posted by the London School of Economics – of which I am an alumnus – warned that “the totality of UK-Irish relations [was] at risk because of Brexit”. And while in the immediate aftermath of our departure from the EU the path ahead did admittedly, at times, appear rather bleak, fast forward three years and UK-Irish relations are now on a much stronger, more constructive and collaborative footing…