Shipment of goods from France to Ireland

Hi everyone, One of our UK customers has a branch is Southern Ireland (Dublin) and we (the UK entity) are looking to purchase goods from our parent factory entity, based in France, and ship to our customers branch in Dublin. We don't want to physically bring the goods into the UK - it doesn't make sense commercially in terms of freight costs, or for the goods to be subject to import duty upon entry into the UK, only to then be shipped on to Ireland. My question is can the goods be physically shipped direct from France to Dublin?...and transactionally for the goods to be invoiced from France to UK and on to Ireland?....if not, what options would be have in order to ensure we remain compliant? And would the UK entity need to charge VAT to the customer in Dublin? Thanks

Hi Martin,
Customs charges and declarations are only applicable if goods are entering into UK.
Shipping goods from France to Dublin will be commercial decision and we are unable to offer advice on this.
You may need to check with VAT team to see if sales VAT should be charged or not, their contact details are available on below link:
VAT: general enquiries
Thank you.