Several businesses severely hit by the onset of Covid-19 have just posted multi-million profits for 2020 – with much of the funds coming from Irish taxpayers. Among companies releasing annual accounts through the CRO on Wednesday, the Queally family’s Arrow Group is the largest. The meat processing empire found itself on the frontline of the pandemic when its subsidiary Irish Dog Foods was forced to shut down for over two weeks this time last year after a Covid-19 outbreak. The wider meat industry was struggling to contain infections, facing costly health and safety measures while dealing with supply chain and…

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