Our love of all things Ikea blossomed even more last year as customers on 2.4m shopping trips to the Swedish retailer’s Ballymun store led to a spend of over €2m every week.

Shoppers at Ikea’s Irish store in Dublin last year spent almost €2m per week on home furnishings leading to the store almost doubling pre-tax profits to €5.8m.

Three million shoppers beat a path to Ikea’s store in Dublin last year to spend almost €2m per week on home furnishings.

Shoppers spent almost €2m per week at Ikea’s Irish store in Dublin last year as the outlet recorded a 40% drop in pre-tax profits to €6.8m.