Stories from the cutting room floor as Cork's Baldy Barber sells up after 58 years

Mick Moriarty is Cork's best known and longest-serving barber

Michael O'Brien having his hair cut for a family wedding by barber Mick Moriarty (The Baldy Barber) at his salon on Great William O'Brien Street, Cork Picture: David Creedon

GOING for a snip, on Blackpool’s Great William O’Brien Street, is the former premises of Cork’s Baldy Barber, Mick Moriarty, who is bowing out after 58 years in the business.

The three storey 153 sq m (1647 sq ft) city centre building, on the market for €285,000, includes the ground floor barber shop and overhead accommodation, which has not been lived in for a number of years and requires an extreme makeover.