It brings a number of internet viral brands which are exclusively available in Sephora to the island of Ireland for the first time.

Works have yet to start, but the clothing and homeware retailer hopes the store will open in early 2028.

The store, located in the Victoria Square shopping centre in Belfast city centre, will open on February 12th.

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Around 100 redundancies will be at its international headquarters in Dublin.

Bakkavor's retail customers include Tesco, M&S and Waitrose, while Greencore supplies all major UK supermarkets.

The opening of the new retail concept represents a £2 million (€2.4 million) investment in the city centre and the creation of over 40 new retail job

Sentiment about the general economic outlook and outlook for jobs both weakened compared to December

The improved performance by the company came amidst Holland & Barrett investing €7 million here over 2024 and 2023 including refitting all its Irish stores and new store openings in Cork, Tullamore, and Dublin Jervis Street.

The three stores will add to B&Q's existing network of eight stores in the Republic.

The stricken firm has set a deadline of the end of next week for potential buyers to snap up its remaining shops in the UK and Ireland

It comes after Austrian real estate conglomerate Signa, which had co-owned the company with Thai firm Central, collapsed into insolvency last year.

The man, aged in his 40s, was arrested over alleged incidents in Clare and Tipperary.

Its 31 remaining stores in the UK and Ireland will close before the end of the day on Tuesday and the website has also been closed.

The new Penneys store in Bray was officially opened on Thursday by Emer Higgins TD

From March 25th, all ALDI stores will open from 8am, Monday to Saturday, and close at 10pm.

This is according to Tesco Ireland, who listed their top 10 items purchased on Christmas Eve.

Over three quarters of those surveyed justified spending over their budget

The chief executive of the Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association said many shop owners are fearful.