Cork city centre was buzzing today as many retailers reopened their shops to the public. Queues formed outside stores as Covid-19 social-distancing measures limited the number of shoppers at any given time onto the premises.
At Mahers Pure Coffee, Maria Young was busy tidying the window display ahead of reopening at 9.30am. A family business, Mahers has been selling coffee beans and teas to the public as well as restaurants and hotels for decades. "It is good to be back.
We've been off now going on three months, so it has been strange. "Very, very strange. Saying that too, the last few weeks it was nice to be at home, but you can't beat your regular day's work, and I think everybody, for the whole family, to get back to some semblance