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Family businesses are the single biggest employment sector in Ireland, and have a crucial role to play in the nation's post-pandemic economic recovery.  Picture: iStock

Family businesses employ more than 700,000 people in Ireland and generate about 50% of the country’s wealth. Around three-quarters of all Irish-owned enterprises are family businesses.

While famed for their resilience, many Irish family business owners are also keenly aware that the current Covid-19 pandemic has caused them to prioritise questions around succession planning.