Statement by CEO of Limerick Chamber on Debenhams announcement   Thursday, 09 April 2020:  The CEO of Limerick Chamber, Dee Ryan, has today expressed sadness and concern following the announcement that Debenhams is to put its Irish operations into liquidation. Ms Ryan said that today is an extremely difficult day for the management and employees

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Where are we with ‘unemployment’? Economists have started to publish estimates on how COVID-19 will impact the economy. It is important at the outset to emphasise that these estimates are not based on traditional forecasting methods but instead rely on scenario-based analysis. The reason for this is simply that we are in unprecedented times, without

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Chambers Ireland and their nationwide network of chambers including Limerick Chamber has published the results of a survey of its members, which seeks to quantify and highlight the impacts of COVID-19 on businesses in towns, cities and regions right across the country. The survey which has over 1,100 responses (1,149) was conducted between 3 April

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