Avoca managing director Simon Pratt hopes to see a further two-to-three new store openings in the next 24 months.

The season of communions and confirmations allows mums to take their place on fashion’s altar, so be a revelation with Irish design, says Paula Burns.

Having opened a €3m Avoca store in Dunboyne, Co Meath, just this week, a Cork Avoca is next in line for the expansionist, upmarket Irish food and household product company.

Food retailer Avoca is recalling two batches of hummus products after other products were found to contain Listeria monocytogenes.

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Irish retailer Avoca will create 80 jobs through the opening of a new store in Dunboyne, County Meath.

The managing director of Avoca Simon Pratt yesterday confirmed negotiations are progressing well on the sale of the business.