Period following lockdown was 'wasted' - ISME

The group has written a letter to TDs in Ireland outlining its concerns with successive lockdowns

ISME Chief Executive Neil McDonnell said Ireland is running with lockdown 'as the only shot in its gun.' Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

There are more effective, evidence-based and successful ways to respond to Covid-19 than “an arbitrary national lockdown”, according to the Irish SME Association (ISME). 

The association, which represents more than 10,000 small and medium-sized businesses in Ireland has been very reluctant to engage in criticism of the government’s handling of the crises thus far its CEO Neil McDonnell said.