Retailers demand rent write-offs to stay alive

Sector employing one tenth of Ireland's workforce needs urgent support, according to Retail Excellence

Retailers are demanding a rent amnesty to help them survive the fallout from the Covid crisis and avoid an “economic catastrophe”.

Industry group Retail Excellence is due to tell the Oireachtas committee on enterprise, trade and employment that retailers have been “decimated” by the impact of the pandemic and that writing off a portion of rent is a realistic, fair and minimum requirement.