An Ennis-based retail lobby group says at least 25,000 retail staff could permanently lose their jobs due to the pandemic.
Today marks exactly one year since non-essential retail was closed for the first time.
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The sector has been shut continuously since the end of December, as part of level 5 restrictions.
Over 72,000 retail workers are on the pandemic unemployment payment – and Duncan Graham, from Retail Excellence, says many won’t get their jobs back.