B&Q store to shut with loss of 47 jobs

B&Q’s Waterford store is set to close next month with the loss of 47 jobs.

An update concerning the home improvement/ DIY retailer — whose Irish operations went into examinership at the end of January — said yesterday that the Waterford branch is now scheduled to close on May 4.

In the aftermath ofthe appointment of Declan McDonald of PricewaterhouseCoopers as examiner by the High Court, it was announced that at least two of B&Q Ireland’s stores — Waterford and Athlone — would likely close.