Cork café to close after Covid-19 restrictions make business 'impossible'

Brackens Bakery Paul Street café has closed after 24 years in business

The former Brackens premises on Cork's Paul Street.

Brackens Bakery and Café on Paul Street, Cork is to close after more than two decades in business as a result of Covid-19 restrictions.

Announcing their closure in a Facebook post, the family-run bakery said social distancing requirements and many months of forced closure made keeping the Paul Street café open “impossible.”