Road delays to keep store closed for a year

THE opening of retail giant Ikea’s first Irish store could be delayed by up to a year because contractors for the National Roads Authority (NRA) will not finish access roads for customers on time.

The doors could remain shut on Ballymun’s flagship project until late 2009, despite the fact it looks set to be finished this year.

It emerged at the public accounts committee (PAC) yesterday that the building of a route linking Ballymun and the M50, in north Dublin, looks set to take another 12 months after the Ikea store is built.