Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke is running an hour late as meetings delay him. But once he arrives in his office in the Department of Enterprise, the Fine Gael Longford-Westmeath TD is ready to take questions ranging from the minimum wage to hinting at what he is pushing for in the forthcoming budget.  But our conversation starts with retail, the largest private-sector employer in Ireland. It was overlooked in the last budget as the hospitality industry stole the limelight, securing a Vat cut estimated to cost the state €681 million in a full year.  The retail sector is under fierce pressure,…

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