"We knew that we would be reopening and the virus would still be out there." This is the thinking of Susie Doyle, owner of Doyles Nursery & Garden Centre in Cabinteely, Dublin, as she prepares to reopen to the public later this month.
The family-run firm is one of many hoping to get back to business as part of the Government's first phase to reopen the country on 18 May.
Susie says the garden centre has been operating a behind-closed-doors delivery service to its customers for several weeks, but is already preparing for what she says will be a "very different shopping experience".
Retailers that are primarily outdoors, like garden centres and hardware stores, were named in the Government's so-called roadmap, as being among the retailers