The July stimulus package, which is aimed at saving businesses and jobs amid the Covid-19 pandemic, is due to be published by the Government early this week.
Over the past few weeks, businesses and representative groups have been lobbying for supports, with the hope that their measures will be included in the final document. Restaurants "On 15 March we closed our doors because there were no customers coming in.
The confidence had fallen out of the market," explained Mike Ryan, co-owner of Cornstore and Coqbull restaurants in Cork. Doors reopened at the start of July, but with 50-60% less capacity and reduced operating hours.