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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale 47.12 - Other non-specialised retail sale
580 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
15 February 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2008
Foreseen end date
28 February 2011
Description
One of Ireland's largest retailers Arnotts - located in Dublin - plans to let go 580 of its 950 staff when it moves to a temporary home in August. Arnotts is moving to facilitate the redevelopment of its existing Henry Street store, part of the company's €1 billion 'Northern Quarter' redevelopment plan for Dublin's north city centre, which is expected to reopen in 2011. When finalised, the new development could employ up to 1,000 people. Union representatives are negotiating redundancy terms with Arnotts management.
Sources
16 February 2008: The Irish Times
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Arnotts, Relocation in Ireland, factsheet number 66322, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/66322.