On Thursday morning, Robert Troy became the first Irish Government minister to kick-start trading on the London Stock Exchange. The minister of state rang the bell for “Ireland Day”, which sought to celebrate the growing ties between Ireland and Britain’s financial services sectors. Troy was surrounded by the LSE’s chief executive, Julia Hoggett, as well as Enterprise Ireland executive director Kevin Sherry, and a smattering of Irish tech firms, including Fexco, Fenergo, and Version 1, all of whom have grown substantial footprints in the UK market. The screens of the exchange in the City of London marked the day as…

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