Of all the businesses affected by necessary restrictions brought about by Covid-19, one indigenous industry is under threat of complete wipe-out – travel agents.  Irish travel agents have had their fair share of crises in the past. They’ve survived recessions, the financial crash of 2008, and even some struggles that other types of businesses never had to face, such as the volcanic eruption in Iceland in 2010. “That nearly killed us because unlike the airlines that closed their lines at seven o’clock in the evening and went off home, we were here until 11pm and 12am at night,” says John…

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