Dixons-Carphone Ireland outperforms UK parent

The Irish arm of electronic goods and mobile phone retailer Dixons-Carphone has said it continued to outperform its British parent, with "an exceptionally strong" trading performance, in the first quarter of its financial year.

The group trades here under the Currys-PC World and Carphone Warehouse brands and said it increased market share across all categories including televisions, laptop computers, mobile phones and white goods.