Carphone Warehouse to close all its Irish stores

As a result of this announcement, 486 staff will be made redundant

The changing way customers buy handsets has been blamed for the decision. Picture Denis Minihane.

Carphone Warehouse is to close its 81 stores in Ireland with immediate effect.

The company said the changing way customers buy mobile devices was the reason for the decision. As a result of the decision, there will be 486 redundancies.