A walk down a subdued Grafton Street a week into level 5 lockdown reveals what is by now a familiar picture. Non-essential retail, like clothes shops, are closed and will remain closed until December when restrictions are scheduled to ease. Across from Bewleys, among the familiar high street brands, is the flagship store of Carl Scarpa, the Irish-owned shoe chain which opened its first outlet in Sligo in 1974. For years, the business has been run by brothers Keith Moffitt (56) with an address at Julianstown, Co Meath and Stephen Moffitt (48) of Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. The Moffitts are relatively…

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