Pledge by Google to train 60,000 Irish SMEs hailed by business group leaders      

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Business groups have hailed a pledge by Google to help 60,000 Irish small firms by offering training courses through 2021 on ways to launch or boost selling their goods and services online.

The internet giant says it is in response to the ways that business has changed during the lockdown and social distancing.