Monday is a big day for many retailers around the country as they reopen after lockdown. On Grattan Street in Sligo it has been all-go behind closed doors this weekend as some of the long-established and family run businesses prepare to open their doors to shoppers again.
The main priority for all businesses is safety for staff and customers. They've all put the recommended social distancing and sanitising recommendations in place, but there are innovations too, depending on the type of business, and the space they have.
Eamonn Cunningham of EJ Menswear has the luxury of plenty of space and has put a one-way system in place. Customers will come in one door where there is a station dispensing non-touch sanitiser, disposable masks and gloves,