Retail recovery for Cork florists

During the downturn, it seemed that every second small retail letting was to a barber’s or a hairdresser’s salon.

Now that the country is on the way back up again, the new growth in evidence seems to be florists and cafes. Ireland’s shopping streets and malls are coming up smelling of coffee — and of roses. And smelling of freesias, and lillies, too.

In deep-winter, new flower shops have popped their heads above ground, including Mimosa Flowers in Douglas Village Shopping Centre, run by Gráinne Galvin, a daughter of poet Patrick Galvin, as well as in Cork’s city centre, in the Market Parade right by the English Market.