IRELAND'S biggest seller of books, magazines and newspapers Eason is to relocate next year from its main store on Cork city's St Patrick's Street.

Having read your article in the Irish Examiner ‘Armed gardaí on the streets’ dating November 9, it has opened my eyes in multiple ways involving how Cork is changing. From reading this article it has shocked me in how my generation of students can think this is acceptable behaviour.

There are calls for increased Garda resources to clamp down on violent attacks and crime in Cork city.

The planned c €100m roll out of sale and leaseback of retail properties by Irish bookseller Eason continues to gather pace, with the arrival of its Cork flagship store at 113-115 St Patrick’s Street for sale, guiding €6.6 million.

Millennials’ fondness for athleisure wear helped retailer JD Sports Fashion defy Britain’s retail gloom and beat full-year earnings expectations.

Combined revenues at the firms operating the JD Sports and Champions Sports brands topped €110m last year but profits fell.

This morning's headlines:

Katie Taylor was boxing clever outside the ring last year as accumulated profits at her firm passed the €1.4m mark. 

A woman became her elderly neighbour’s carer before stealing over €41,000 from her and spending it on home improvements, clothes and holidays, a court has heard.

A woman became her elderly neighbour's carer before stealing over €41,000 from her and spending it on home improvements, clothes and holidays, a court has heard.

It’s week five of Ciara McDonnell’s weight loss programme – and a wedding threatens to destroy her hard work over the past month.

Eating properly before exercise is half the battle, a lesson Ciara McDonnell learned the hard way on week four of her six-week weight loss plan.

Ciara McDonnell puts the One Arena plan to the test for six weeks - just in time for summer.

A jobless man in England is facing life behind bars for bludgeoning to death a disabled pensioner with a claw hammer for the sake of his bank card.

Lawyers for the State have told a murder trial jury it is “inescapable” that the accused participated in the death of a man in Dublin more than two years ago.

JD Sports Fashion said “significant improvement” at Blacks and Millets had lifted the outdoor brands out of the red following a two-year struggle.

JJB Sports, once the biggest sports retailer in Britain and Ireland, is to appoint administrators.

Ailing JJB Sports is to appoint administrators after calling time on its long-running battle to rescue the business.

More than 160 jobs were announced yesterday at separate projects in Dublin and Co Westmeath.

Sportswear firm JD Sports Fashion today confirmed it is close to landing “certain assets” of the ailing retailer Blacks Leisure.

Stricken UK outdoors retailer Blacks Leisure confirmed today it will go into administration but said it still hopes most of the business will be salvaged by buyers.

The impact of the riots on the retail sector will be laid bare today as official figures are forecast to reveal a drop in sales volumes in August.

A HUMAN river of anarchy flowed through London. It swelled from a blood-stained taxi in Tottenham and surged into a torrent which tore through the inner city, burst into affluent outer suburbs and briefly threatened to smash across the West End.

Fashion retailer JD Sports reported a deterioration in same-store sales today but reassured the weak performance was partly down to tough comparisons to booming sales in the run up to last year’s World Cup.

JD Sports Fashion has abandoned interest in a takeover of JJB Sports after claiming its ailing rival had snubbed its requests for information.

British sportswear retailer JD Sports is in talks over a potential takeover of struggling rival JJB Sports in a move which would see the creation of one of the UK’s biggest high street chains.

CHAMPION Sports — the well-known Irish sports fashion retailer — is set to be acquired by its British rival, JD Sports, in a deal industry sources are valuing at around €20 million.

UK sportswear and equipment retailer JD Sports announced today that it has acquired 100% of the shareholding of Dublin-based Champion Sports.

The FTSE 100 Index closed in the red for a second straight session today after a mixed report on the US jobs market.

Cautious trading ahead of key US jobs data left the FTSE 100 Index in the red today as investors moved to lock-in recent gains.

JD Sports Fashion today shrugged off the disruption caused by the snow in December as it revealed another better-than-expected trading performance and an uplift in profits.

JD Sports Fashion delivered another set of market-beating results today after the retail chain increased half-year profits by 36% to £19.3m (€22.9m).

Portsmouth's debt crisis is not as deep as previously thought, a report in today's Guardian has revealed.

Retailer JD Sports Fashion today boasted a 26% rise in annual profits as it sailed clear of recession - but warned of "increasing challenges" ahead.

Retailer JD Sports Fashion today hailed another stellar performance from its Banks and Scotts brands and said it was on course to shatter the City’s profit forecasts.

JD Sports Fashion posted an 11% rise in profits today as it continued to show a clean pair of heels to troubled rivals in the sportswear sector.