Pandemic will compound economic inequality for most vulnerable – UCD professor

Those on low pay and in temporary employment are likely to feel the brunt of any downward economic impacts. Picture: iStock

The Covid-19 pandemic will compound economic inequality across Irish society as frontline groups report rising poverty levels before and during the public health crisis.

Emeritus Professor of Equality Studies at UCD Kathleen Lynch, one of several speakers at a webinar on Monday night, told the Irish Examiner that despite some reports of economic recovery, inequality levels were rising and certain to worsen in the wake of the pandemic.