H&M to open its doors in Cork

INTERNATIONAL fashion chain H&M are to be one of the key retailers in Cork city centre’s almost completed €500 million Opera Lane development.

In a welcome jobs boost to the city, 100 to 150 jobs are expected to be provided in the store which will open in late autumn.

H&M’s long-anticipated arrival will be seen as a boost to the O’Callaghan Properties development on St Patrick’s Street, where identities of new traders have been expected since late last year. The collapse in the retail economy has, however, seen negotiations drag out over a longer than expected period.