The two firms behind the Shaws department store chain enjoyed contrasting fortunes last year.

AGENTS Lisney bring a second Patrick Street, Cork City, retail building for sale this month as an investment, seeking offers of €750,000 for No 121, opposite the Merchant’s Quay Shopping Centre and Marks & Spencers.

CORK’S Blackpool Shopping Centre has a €75m valuation, as part of a €130m Nama first ‘Acorn Portfolio’ sale of Irish shopping centres, with 120 tenants.