Cork founders of hemp clothing brand Firkail say retailers can't afford physical shops anymore 

Sisters Aoife and Orla Lynch created a modern retail brand which they believe will survive current economic risks

Orla and Aoife Lynch were inspired by their self-starter father and shared a lifelong ambition to set up their own company. Their interests eventually pulled them towards retail and fashion. Picture: Michael O'Sullivan /OSM Photo

Cork sisters Orla and Aoife Lynch left their full-time careers as a web designer and an operations manager with Apple to set up a hemp-based clothing company called Firkail.

The Kinsale-based brand Firkail was set up when the sisters decided to make career changes during the pandemic to better suit their own interests and family life.