Marks and Spencer will open a new flagship store in Co Limerick and will overhaul its Grafton St store in Dublin following a review of its Irish operations.

Marks & Spencer is to axe 180 jobs with the closure of four stores later this month.

SEVERAL supermarket groups and markets in Ireland import Kenyan flowers and will this week sell thousands of roses from the African country to Irish consumers.

Marks & Spencer has announced plans to anchor a new retail development in Athlone Town Centre in Co Westmeath.