‘The minister is intent on obliterating us’

“I DO not make huge money every year,” says Keith O’Hourihane, a pharmacist from Cork. “I am not in this business to make mega bucks, but I do want to make a decent living for my family.”

Mr O’Hourihane runs a busy pharmacy in Tower, near Blarney. He and his family, along with a business partner, also have four other local pharmacies in other parts of Cork city, from Glanmire on the northside, to Douglas on the southside of the city.

It may seem like big business, but, in international terms, it is the equivalent of the corner shop.