While few would argue Dublin has been hardest hit by the recession, retailers there have endured a period of stagnation similar to that of their regional counterparts — and it’s only now beginning to lift.

Twenty jobs are being created by iConnect, it has been announced.

There’s a new flow at Newbridge’s Whitewater Shopping Centre; with five new lettings, it is now the fullest since opened by Mountbrook in 2006.

Qatari-based technology retailer iConnect is set to make an €8m investment in the Irish retail market to become the Apple retail outlet of choice in Ireland.