Ruby Walsh: I fear a permanent closure or two could be coming

Our ability to move about, socialise and therefore spend is going to be seriously curtailed, so supply will outweigh demand in many areas.

The financial fallout from the Covid-19 lockdown will become more apparent as each sector reopens and tries to cope as a running business under the social distancing and other health procedure guidelines they will have to abide by.

Economists are predicting a recession of this, that and the other magnitude, unemployment is expected to rocket upwards as some business will never reopen, and others are expected to make massive cuts.