Irish start-ups grapple with dual impact of the coronavirus and Brexit

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Ireland officially entered recession last week after the economy contracted a record 6.1% between April and June.

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A man looks into a shop selling face masks in Dublin city centre. The government's failure to properly communicate its Covid-19 public health message has been described as an "abuse of power".DUBLIN — Brexit is back on the agenda for Ireland's small businesses and start-ups, despite the continued threat of the coronavirus pandemic.

"I think between now and the end of the year we will succeed in supporting and using the funding available," Sinnamon told CNBC. "But this slow start in terms of companies applying is not any different than we would have expected, or would have seen in previous crises when you had similar supports available for companies."

"For some of them it has required investing in innovation, changing their products. In some cases, it was really just retracting into their shell in the short term, but in others it was diversification," she said.At the start of 2020, Enterprise Ireland's priorities were very different. Since 2016 the company's top line messaging has been around Brexit preparedness, developing support funds and grants for those most exposed.

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