Blarney Mills invests in €2m diversification

BLARNEY Woollen Mills is investing €2 million in a venture which has been hailed as Ireland’s answer to Abercrombie & Fitch.

Farrell & Brown is being rolled out across Ireland with the flagship Dublin store opening last month and doing “extremely well”, according to the company.

Its store in Tipperary also opened recently and the Cork store is due to launch next month, followed by a Bunratty outlet later in the year. The stores will be contained within existing Blarney Woollen Mills outlets and each will employ its own staff.