Irish Examiner view: Joe’s salon showed what a local business really is

The loss of any business is a blow, but this is particularly piercing because of the work Joseph’s Hair Salon has done in and for its community

Joe Byrne, who has given free haircuts to hundreds of homeless people over the years, at  Joseph’s Hair Salon in Glasheen, Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins

It has been a punishing time for small businesses everywhere in Ireland, and this week we learned that yet another will close soon. 

Due to health reasons, Joe Byrne will shut Joseph’s Hair Salon in Glasheen in Cork at the end of December.