IBEC believes Govt's financial supports will need to be 'increased quite significantly'

Fergal O'Brien of IBEC.

IBEC's warning new financial supports will need to be scaled up significantly over the coming weeks if Irish companies are to weather the Covid-19 crisis.

It comes as a report from the ESRI says that the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) "will significantly cushion incomes" of anyone who has lost their job temporarily due to the pandemic.