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Getting Our Heads Around Returning To The Workplace
Ireland currently has one of the highest rates of remote working in Europe, with 40% working from home since last year compared to the EU average of just over a third.
But with 12,000 businesses reopening this week, and 100,000 people expected to return to work this month, could this be about to change?
Maeve McElwee, Director of Employer Relations at IBEC, Peter Cosgrove, Managing Director of Futurewise and Dee Ryan, CEO of Limerick Chamber, joined us to discuss what returning to the office will mean for the future of retail, our city centres and our mental health.
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