The boss of Pepco Goup —which operates the Dealz, Poundland and Pepco discount stores across Europe — said it was “inevitable” that its troubled South African owner Steinhoff would put it up for sale.

Cork city is in the grips of an epidemic. Heroin use is rampant on the streets, with users taking the drug in the open, not caring who can see them. However, many are trying to get out of the habit, writes Liz Dunphy

What will I miss out on if I delete WhatsApp for a week, perhaps even a month? Would it be the same as not checking the postbox every five minutes pre-1998?

South Africa’s financial regulator has fined Steinhoff International Holdings the owner of the Dealz discount chain here and Poundland in the UK.

A Cork City landmark premises, Finn’s Corner, and associated with four generations of the Finn family including former Irish and Munster rugby international Moss Finn, who’s a co-director, has been put up for sale, either as an investment or for new owner-occupier use.

Scandal-hit retailer Steinhoff said it had refinanced some €9bn of debt in its overseas operations which include Dealz in the Republic, Poundland in the North and Britain, and France’s Conforama, after pushing the deadline date back repeatedly.

Retailers are awash with trending products for summer 2019, with plenty of options for all budgets and tastes to help revise an interior look, writes Carol O’Callaghan

Discount retail chain Dealz has brought a High Court challenge to a decision which prevents it from continuing to operate from a retail park near the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre in Dublin.

The season of goodwill is almost upon us but not at discount retailer Dealz where a niche range of Christmas cards has been launched.

Steinhoff International has suspended former chief financial officer Ben La Grange and ex-director Stehan Grobler in the first action taken against executives by the company as part of an ongoing investigation into the retailer group’s finances following an accounting scandal.

Vintage accessories and nostalgic bedding catch Esther N McCarthy’s eye this week.

A Shannon mother is back behind bars and will miss her son’s First Holy Communion tomorrow after being caught stealing kids clothes from Dunnes Stores two days before the celebration.

South Africa’s Steinhoff International — which owns the Dealz-Poundland stores in Ireland — plans to sell almost 7.5bn rand (€509m) of shares in South African financial services firm PSG Group, the latest in a line of disposals aimed at shoring up the retail group’s battered balance sheet.

Steinhoff, the parent group of the Dealz and Poundland discount stores, will have to restate its 2015 accounts and maybe earlier figures, the South African retailer has said, having already warned on its 2016 numbers.

Markus Jooste, the ex-head of Steinhoff who quit this month amid an accounting scandal, is being sued by three South African lenders after a racehorse company he was a director of failed to meet its financial commitments.

The parent group of the retail discounter Dealz and Poundland stores is facing huge pressure in Germany following an accounting scandal in South Africa.

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A third, institutional fund sale of a retail investment on the western section for Cork city’s main trading thoroughfare, St Patrick’s Street, is new to marekt.

The building that hosts Waterstones bookseller in Cork city centre is for sale for €6.25m, writes Property Editor, Tommy Barker. 

It all began when Brown Thomas opening their Christmas store at the end of August.

Esther N McCarthy finds a blue kettle, pink jar and a finally honed chair and more...

Landmark city centre building in Cork on sale for €6.25m, writes Property Editor Tony Barker.

South African retail holding company Steinhoff will strengthen its presence in the British retail sector after agreeing a £597m (€716m) takeover of discount chain Poundland, it said yesterday.

British discount retailer Poundland is set to focus its expansion plans on the Irish market in the next nine months.

We’re all about the mammies this weekend, so Esther N McCarthy has done a swift gift foray for those to whom we owe everything.

POOL PLAYERS: Swim Ireland’s third Swim for a Mile Challenge will take place in 12 pools nationwide during the first week of April.

Two gardaí sit in front of a wall of 40 screens, each showing a different window on a weekday morning in Cork.