Covid-19 jobs crisis could be 'long-lasting' as CSO issues employment survey                  

People making their way to the Social Welfare Office on Hanover Street, Cork. File picture Dan Linehan

The Covid-19 crisis will be long-lasting and require focused Government policies over many years as new figures showed the extent of the devastating fallout for employment, economists have said.

The CSO figures showed employment in the second quarter fell in seven of the 14 parts of the economy, with the sharpest declines seen in the jobs-intensive accommodation and food services sector.