Home furnishing giant Ikea is to open a smaller store on the southside of Dublin this summer.

Retail furnishing giant Ikea is counting the cost of sacking a bistro worker at its Dublin store for consuming a €1.25 milkshake without paying for it.

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.

HOME furnishings giant Ikea recorded average sales of more than €2 million per week at its Dublin store last year to record pre-tax profits of €11.4 million.