GRAPEVINE: Restaurant owners seek actions to save 80,000 jobs; mixed views on Covid-19 payments

A leading Cork restaurateur says most part-time restaurant workers will not return to work until the Covid-19 payments are finished

Empty chairs and tables at a restaurant in St Mark’s Square in Venice, Italy, a favourite spot for tourists. Picture: Anteo Marinoni/LaPresse via AP

Most part-time restaurant workers will not return to work until the Covid-19 payments are finished, says one leading Cork restaurateur.

Canice Sharkey, owner of Isaacs Restaurant in Cork, says it is almost impossible to find anyone willing to spend a few hours cleaning the premises.