Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: One looming question in Europe has been, what's Brexit going to feel like? Well, some Irish businesses are finding out. They've been clobbered by a fall in the pound, the U.K. currency. NPR's Frank Langfitt reports from County Donegal, Ireland. FRANK LANGFITT, BYLINE: David Coulter owns the Inishowen Mushroom farm here. Today a conveyer's loading compost into giant trays where Coulter grows his mushrooms. DAVID COULTER: We grow in these plastic tunnels. They're insulated tunnels. We employ about 34 people. LANGFITT: How long's it take to grow mushrooms? COULTER: Well, we're filling today so it's two weeks and three days we will have mushrooms for picking. LANGFITT: Brexit's still 18 months away, but Coulter's mushroom farm is already paying a price. Soon after the Brexit vote, the value of the British pound plunged. COULTER: Well, it's been disastrous. Ninety-eight percent of our product goes into the U.K. market. LANGFITT:
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