Irish arm helps to drive 9% sales growth at Primark

Strong trading levels at its Irish operations helped drive an estimated 9% rise in sales at discount clothing retailer Primark in its latest financial year.

The Associated British Foods (ABF)-owned retailer is headquartered here and trades in Ireland as Penneys.

Yesterday it said via a pre-close trading update that its full-year sales covering the 53 weeks to September 17 are expected to be 9% ahead of the previous 12 months on a constant currency basis.