Gap closure the latest blow to Cork's retail market 

Debenhams, Monsoon, Oasis, Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge, and Warehouse have all left the market 

Shoppers on Opera Lane, Cork city on the reopening day of non-essential retail.

Gap is the latest in a line of retail giants to announce it will close its brick-and-mortar stores in Munster.

The American clothing brand will close its shopfront on Opera Lane in Cork’s city centre alongside its stores in Limerick’s Crescent Shopping Centre and Dublin.