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Retailer Must Repay €8.87m in Covid Subsidy Wage Payments

Commissioner Simon Noone said the retailer failed to show separate divisions or a 30% turnover drop, leaving it liable for the subsidy repayment.

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A major retailer must repay €8.87m to the Revenue Commissioners after wrongly claiming that amount during the Covid-19 pandemic in wage subsidy payments for its staff.

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Irish ExaminerIrish Examiner
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Major retailer must repay €8.87m in covid wage subsidy payments

The retailer received the €8.872m across 10 months from September 2020 to June 2021 - which worked out at an average €887,281 per month.

·Cork, Ireland
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Retailer must repay €8.87m in Covid subsidy wage payments

A major retailer must repay €8.87m to the Revenue Commissioners after wrongly claiming that amount during the Covid-19 pandemic in wage subsidy payments for its staff.

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Irish IndependentIrish Independent
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Retail chain ordered to repay €8.9m in Covid supports after appeal rejected

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Retailer must repay €8.87m in Covid wage supports after losing Revenue challenge

Claim that non-essential part of retailer’s business forced to close during lockdowns was a separate division fails

·Dublin, Ireland
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Irish Times broke the news in Dublin, Ireland on Monday, August 3, 2026.
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