Tom Monaghan is full of emotion about the reopening of retail following the recent lifting of Covid restrictions. “Last June, after having been closed for several months, reopening again was a high moment for me. There were a lot of tears shed, and this time will be no different.” At 95, Mr Monaghan is almost certainly Ireland’s oldest shopkeeper, and he has witnessed many changes to the retail landscape since he and his late wife Teresa opened the doors to their family business, Monaghans Cashmere, in 1960. Despite living through at least three great recessions (and a World War) Monaghan…

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