Dunnes ordered to reopen its locked doors in shopping centre

Dunnes Stores has been ordered by the High Court to reopen the doors leading from its shop in Edward Square Shopping Centre in Galway, which it disabled in mid June.

Mr Justice Brian J McGovern said the doors had been operated normally onto Castle St and Barrack Lane, Galway, for the previous 15 years as a means of access to and egress from the centre for customers of all stores in the centre.

He granted Camiveo Limited, landlords of the centre, an injunction against Dunnes Stores restraining the continued locking of the doors and said that if the automatic opening mechanism remained disabled a technician could be found to open them immediately.