Ireland facing recession with more job losses from coronavirus than financial crash

The economic picture for the Republic of IReland is looking ‘very bad’ Irish PM Leo Varadkar has said (Picture: PA/Getty)The Republic of Ireland is on the brink of another recession with more jobs lost in the past two weeks than they were over a period of three years after the financial crash of 2008, the PM has warned.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the economic picture was looking ‘very bad’ as deaths climbed to 98 and cases reached 3,849.
Unemployment in the country has s