Letters to the Editor: Sad to think of the shops long gone from Cork's St Patrick’s Street

A reader's sister vividly recalls the businesses that used to line Cork's main street, and asks if the growth of online shopping is hastening the street's decline

The Munster Arcade on St Patrick's Street in Cork, one of a litany of businesses of yesteryear recalled by a reader's sister. This photo was taken as the new owners, Penney's, sold off stock after the shop changed hands in January, 1978. Picture: Irish Examiner Archive 

My elder sister visited her favourite street, St Patrick’s Street, the heart of her beloved Cork, last week.

Although very young at heart, she rarely visits the city centre but decided to get the bus in to town to do some early Christmas shopping and to get stamps in the GPO.