When the pandemic first gripped Ireland, marketing consultant Úna Herlihy began pulling together a list of names of people she knew in her industry who were struggling to find work or or had lost their jobs. Herlihy curated the list on LinkedIn, but as the list grew due to the gig economy drying up, she asked her long-time friend and former colleague Peter McPartlin to help her manage it. “Last year, Úna came to me and said would you give us a hand with this list I’ve started on LinkedIn. It kind of mushroomed from there,” says McPartlin. What started…

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