A major relaxing of Covid restrictions gets underway today for the first time this year.
12,000 businesses are expected to reopen this week, across the retail and personal services sectors.
From today, inter-county travel and haircuts allowed.
Religious services can also go ahead, while click and collect is permitted.
Meanwhile, some stores are welcoming customers back on appointment-basis only, including Pennys which reopened at 7am.
Around a quarter of a million people have booked in for an appointment at the popular store this week.
