A €3.7bn wage and welfare package will see the State pay workers impacted by Covid-19 up to €410 per week while the unemployed will see payments increased.

Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation Heather Humphreys has said that the government will not be found wanting in providing the necessary supports to get businesses back up and running and people back to work following the impact of the coronavirus.

Irish people’s appetite for investing in shares and other such asset classes is likely to fall in the coming months, largely due to the continuing fallout from the spread of coronavirus, Bank of Ireland has said.

POLITICAL weather vanes pop up in the strangest places. If you want to know what the next general election will be about, the answer was contained in a recent speech and interview with the head of the employers’ body, Ibec.

Quinn staff have offered their 'unequivocal support' for the 'highly respected' executive and his family.

Business group Ibec has said a transition to a low-carbon economy is a “no-regrets opportunity” after the local and European elections signalled a public shift towards greener policies.

EATING well is not only good for your health, it is also proving to be very good for business, writes Clodagh Finn.

So that’s Tuesday nearly wrapped up. Here are some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

The idea of promoting savings to cool the economy during times of rapid economic expansion has been revisited by Danny McCoy, the head of business group Ibec.

IBEC CEO Danny McCoy met British Prime Minister Theresa May, Brexit Secretary David Davis and Business Secretary Greg Clark at Downing Street as part of a delegation of key EU business federations, where he stressed the need for urgent progress in Brexit talks.

The experts predict that a defeat may be snatched from the jaws of victory, with logic lacking in the Brexit negotiations. From local concerns to the international outlook, Eamon Quinn, Geoff Percival, and Pádraig Hoare report on this week’s Brexit progress.

Toll of 90 fatalities between 2008 and 2017 is highest of any county

Sterling could relapse by almost 10% against the dollar if a “no deal” Brexit becomes likely, keeping investors wary of buying UK assets, Northern Trust Asset Management said.

Firms with more than 250 staff should report the gender pay gap between their employees, according to Ibec.

The employers’ body realises there are no easy solutions for the post-Brexit world, but says customs agreements and other measures must be agreed early, writes Stephen Rogers

Public service unions want talks on pay recovery in the sector to start as soon as possible after the Public Service Pay Commission “provided a good summary of the sacrifices public servants made in the years following the economic crash”.

The country risks missing a once in a generation chance to renew national infrastructure and private sector finance must be harnessed to deliver vital public investment, the chief executive of business and employer group Ibec will tell its business leaders conference today.

Ireland is missing a “golden opportunity” to ramp up investment in infrastructure that could help make it “Brexit-proof”, according to the chief executive of business and employer association Ibec.

As the Irish Congress of Trade Unions pushes for private sector pay rises of 4% in 2017, employers say the figure could be 2.5% or 3% this year.

Irish-owned firms which employ large numbers of people are being hit by the slump in sterling, the latest trade figures suggest.

The Government has been urged to give thousands of businesses special funding after Britain confirmed ‘hard Brexit’ plans that could cause widespread job losses across Ireland.

Business groups on both sides of the Irish Sea said they were dismayed by prime minister Theresa May’s hard Brexit plans.

The Irish economy performed well in 2016, supported by a benign external backdrop of weak inflation, strong UK and US economies and low oil prices.

Unions have demanded that private sector workers receive a €1,000 pay hike next year.

Pressure is growing on the Government to increase third-level funding next year as business leaders, students, and universities have all urged Education Minister Richard Bruton to begin reversing almost a decade of cuts.

The population is continuing to grow despite continued high levels of emigration, the first results from the 2016 Census show.

Alarm has been raised here after chancellor George Osborne told the Financial Times, in his first interview following the shock Brexit vote, that the UK now aimed to offset any slowdown in Britain by cutting its corporation tax rate all the way down to 15%.

Business representative bodies called for the Government to ensure that Ireland is at the forefront of upcoming negotiations as the fallout from the UK’s decision to leave the EU began to hit home.

Ibec has launched a poster campaign in Dublin Airport to highlight to people travelling to and from the UK the "compelling, positive case" for Britain remaining in the EU.

It is vital that ongoing negotiations on the formation of the next government deliver a clear, comprehensive agreement that will ensure the next administration is in a position to run its full term.

Economic growth will slow significantly to 4.6% this year as a host of external factors begin to turn against the economy.