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Paschal Donohoe: Time to gently remove the crutch of pandemic supports

The finance minister outlines why the government is phasing out the measures that have propped up businesses over the last two years

Taxpayers lose as insurers keep millions in state funds cut from Covid payouts

Government abandons promise to pursue firms for the value of any deductions made

Ministers to discuss renewing Covid supports for hospitality sector

Cabinet sub-committee meets tomorrow to tackle thorny issue of how to shore up industry hit hardest by latest restrictions

Ian Guider: Return of redundancy payments will give clarity on zombie companies

This is an important move not only for restoring workers’ rights but also for what it may show about the scale of long-term damage to businesses and employment caused by the pandemic

Ian Guider: We can’t afford to delay the inevitable on state supports

The extensive pandemic payments were necessary to keep firms afloat, but now we need to look at the new normal – and which businesses might not survive it

More state debt needed to fund PUP past June, says Varadkar

Tánaiste tells Fine Gael TDs that the government needs to borrow more money to pay for further extensions to the pandemic supports

Business support schemes will be extended to July in new Covid plan

Taoiseach will give no consideration to reopening hospitality before mid-summer, while chief executive of restaurants association says businesses are being pushed ‘closer to financial ruin and meltdown’

Varadkar pledges to help firms locked out of Covid-19 supports

State also plans to provide new supports for businesses not covered by existing schemes

‘Give us something, so we can at least have some hope’

Resilience is waning and panic is rising as the hospitality and personal-services sectors feel the brunt of even more Covid-19 restrictions