A Government-appointed taskforce set up to consider ways to help the aviation sector recover has warned that the economy will not survive on the basis of a blanket policy of "essential travel" only.
The Taskforce for Aviation Recovery's final report says much of the country's key business and services sectors cannot survive indefinitely with "Zoom-like calls" and warns Ireland cannot function as a closed economy without permanent damage being done.
The body says thousands of high-skilled well-paid jobs and a level of global passenger and cargo connectivity critical to Ireland's economy and its economic recovery are now at risk.