Many more job losses and closures 'likely', retailers warned

Retail Excellence managing director Duncan Graham said 100,000 of Ireland's retail jobs could go. 

Marks and Spencer is the latest high street retailer to cut jobs, but considerably more closures and cuts are expected

Irish retailers are likely to be hit by significantly more job losses and store closures in the coming months, the industry’s two main representative groups have warned.

Retail Excellence managing director Duncan Graham said a worst-case scenario could see 100,000 of Ireland’s approximately 300,000 retail jobs go if trading conditions continue to deteriorate.