'Flat out until June': Queues for long-awaited haircuts amid sense that normality is returning Non-essential retail and personal services are among the business reopening today By Rónán Duffy Monday 10 May 2021, 2:04 PM Mon 2:04 PM 29,391 Views 18 Comments Reception in Brown Sugar as businesses reopen. Image: The Journal Image: The Journal ‘FLAT OUT UNTIL mid-June’ is how Pamela Brennan describes bookings for the Brown Sugar hairdressers in Blackrock. Brennan is manning reception today, a relentless task that requires not only fielding near-constant calls for cuts and colours but also taking people’s temperature on the way in. This journalist fortunately passed the temperature check but was unfortunately not able to be squeezed in for a quick back and sides.