Europcar's Irish chief hopes builders planned restart may lead to economy reopening

The chief of Europcar in Ireland said the car hire industry hopes the planned restart of the construction industry in the coming weeks will demonstrate that social distancing will allow workers to work safely and point the way for the rest of the economy to reopen in time.

Colm Brady, managing director of Europcar Mobility Group Ireland, said that in a normal year the business would be gearing up for its peak summer tourism from 20 locations and preparing to hire through April and May for the Irish and UK bank holidays in May.