Family firms show depth of their resilience in time of crisis

Leading industry advisors explain how Ireland's family business owners have reacted to recent global crises to navigate their way to survive and thrive

Tim Mulcahy of the Chicken Inn at the English Market, Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

Just how challenging was the pandemic for family businesses, and what unique dynamics helped them to survive such an unprecedented event?

Such were some of the issues occupying Dr Linda Murphy, lecturer in Management lecturer at the Cork University Business School at UCC, when the full weight of this ‘once in a lifetime’ event suddenly arrived in 2020.