The Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic is 'a lot worse' than the Government thought.
He also said the recovery which was hoped for in 2021 is looking less certain.
He told The Pat Kenny Show: "I think, to be frank, the economic impact is going to be a lot worse than you or I may have thought back in March or April, or even what the Government was formed.
"Back in March or April if you'd asked me I would have said that this was going to be a three month phenomenon, a single quarter severe hit to the economy and that we would be in a very strong recovery by next year.
"That now looks less certain.
"And we're seeing the pattern from all over the world that the virus hasn't gone away, that it will come back and come back to a certain extent.
"That is going to have serious impact on the economy."
Cover photo: Rory Walsh / Newstalk
