Dunnes Stores contests extension at Tallaght centre

An 18,5800sq m extension to Ireland’s first large shopping centre — the Square in Tallaght, Dublin — is being delayed in a row with Dunnes Stores, which believes the new structure will lead to inconvenience for its shoppers, the High Court has heard.

Dunnes is one of the three anchor tenants in the Square and is not happy with the plan to put the €30m extension on the northern car park. The supermarket says its shoppers will be inconvenienced and will have to travel a further distance as result of the new extension.

The Square Management Ltd (SML), which manages and operates the freehold of the centre’s units, along with National Asset Property Management Ltd (NAPML), which owns lands used for car parking at the centre, and the extension developers, Indego Ltd, are seeking court declarations that Dunnes has no estate, interest, or claim over the car park.