The gift shop at EPIC, the Irish emigration museum in the iconic CHQ building at the heart of Dublin’s docklands, was the last section of the business to shut down on Saturday. Exhibition spaces were already closed for a week to prevent the spread of Covid-19. When The Currency first got in touch at the end of last week, the plan was to pay staff until the end of March, but the rules around government supports at the time meant uncertainty reigned beyond that. The wage subsidy scheme announced by ministers on Tuesday evening has brought EPIC’s Museum Director Patrick…

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