EUROPEAN catwalks aren’t the only places to see new fashion this month. Brown Thomas Dublin’s Create initiative returns with a pop-up installation featuring 13 esteemed and emerging Irish designers of fashion, accessories, millinery, graphic print and textile design.

A group of talented, young Irish designers are set to take centre stage at one of the country’s biggest stores as part of fresh attempts to showcase the high-quality clothes being produced on these shores.

FEARS of a bargain basement sale of department store Arnotts have left workers at the iconic retailer demanding answers from its new bank owners.

Iconic Dublin department store Arnotts is set to come under the joint control of Anglo Irish Bank and Ulster Bank.

IRISH soccer supporters spending millions on World Cup trips combined with SSIS saving accounts, helped to push retail sales down in May.