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Donegal business swaps shirts for scrubs amid Covid-19

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A small family-run clothing business in north Donegal which specialised in clerical shirts and legal attire has completely turned production over to making scrubs for front-line healthcare workers.

The Doherty family has a history in the business going back 100 years and their company, Moville Clothing, once famously made shirts for the late Rev.

Ian Paisley and also for Gerry Adams. At the end of last week however, a serious chat among the team about Covid-19 saw them unanimously decide to use their skills to help the health service in a time of crisis.

Over the weekend, Ray Doherty posted the company's intention on social media and it took off. With no orders whatsoever when they turned up for work on Monday, the phone started hopping,

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