Woodie's DIY owner bounces back from Covid-19 losses      

Grafton Group, which owns Woodie's DIY, repaid €2.5m to the Government after recovering from lockdown losses 

Grafton Group's chief executive Gavin Slark said Woodies DIY is "in good shape" despite local and national lockdowns. 

The threat of further national lockdows in Ireland and Britain was diminishing, but further local shutdowns could not be ruled out, according to the boss of Grafton Group, owner of the Chadwicks builders merchants and the Woodie’s DIY stores in the Republic.

Chief executive Gavin Slark said that local lockdowns in recent weeks had had little effect on its group operations, which include significant operations in Britain and the Netherlands, and that the pickup in sales since the end of the national lockdowns was substantial.