Unfortunately that has now been put on a hold after a year of living week-to-week on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP).
“I don’t have kids and I’m struggling, so I can only imagine what parents who have lost their jobs are going through. It’s so tough seeing Marie [Mellett] having to sit there looking at stock going out of date and to see someone you love and care about having to deal with their business struggling.
“I wish I didn’t have to get another job, I didn’t want to get another job but I was left with no choice financially and mentally. If it was down to loyalty I’d still be there.”
Horror, deflation, shock and disbelief. These were the emotions felt by the manager of Dublin s Fitzwilliam Hotel when he saw last weekend s Sunday Independent lead story reporting that the hospitality sector could remain closed until the summer.