The Irish Hairdressers Federation is calling for the opening of salons to be brought forward to avoid a surge in black market services
Salons won't reopen until phase 4 of the Governments roadmap plan, on July 20th, because they aren't deemed essential services.
But the IHF wants salons to be moved into phase 3 of the plan, on June 29th, due to fears of a black market economy.
The organisation says some hairdressers may be tempted to do call-outs to people's homes now that travel restrictions had been extended to 5km, possibly increasing the risk of spreading Covid-19 around the community.
Dylan Bradhsaw - owner of Dylan Bradshaw Salon in Dublin - says a lot of haridressers already have measures in place and are ready to reopen.
"We have to scale back on the business in the salon, we can't have a full salon again until there's a vaccine brought out.
"But what we can do is keep social distancing, and if a client comes through the space if we have to do a deep cleanse of the work station that we're working on.
"So we're taking it very seriously, with disposal gowns, you don't let anyone into the salon it's appointment only, and there's lots more."
