Irish consumer sentiment weakened significantly in early March

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish consumer sentiment weakened significantly in early March, a survey taken before the country took its first major measures to tackle coronavirus showed on Friday.The KBC Bank consumer sentiment index was 77.3 in March, down from 85.2 in February. The survey was undertaken on March 3-10 before the Irish government closed schools and colleges on March 12 in a major escalation of the crisis.The number of confirmed coronavirus cases had risen to 557 from 34 on March 10 and..