'The buzz is gathering sound' - Businesses take first steps towards normality

All eyes were on the likes of DIY stores, garden centres and construction sites, while golfers from all corners of the country smelled the razor-thin grass on the greens for the first time in months.

CEO of Woodie’s Declan Ronayne: "It feels like the right time to re-open."

Business in Cork and all over the country have taken the first tentative steps back to normality, describing the reopening as surreal, hopeful and determined.