First accolade for boutique open just a week

It’s only been open a wet week and already the citrus-bright Brocade & Lime on Cork’s Corn-market St is garnering the gongs.

The boutique has been named as one of only six shops listed by Elle magazine in celebration of its favourite independent retailers in Ireland and Britain. The Cork shop is the only one name-checked in Ireland.

Owner Emma Ahern says: “We only just heard the news that they put us up as the best boutique in Ireland — they only named six and they were in London and Brighton.”