‘What we need is clarity, when will it finish?’: Jobs at risk as businesses get ready to close

Businesses tell Liz Dunphy and Ryan O’Rourke they will face more hardship with a second closure

JJ Bowles Limerick owner Aengus D'Arcy.

They had a brief glimmer of hope when Covid-19 figures began to fall just a couple of months ago. Now, though, whole sectors of the economy are braced for a return of shut-up premises, laid-off staff, and no income to pay off mounting bills. Here a number of business owners outline what a return to closures means to them.

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