Dublin IKEA to open on July 27

IKEA’S first store in the Republic will finally open for business at the end of July, the furniture giant said yesterday.

The Swedish retailer announced July 27 as the opening date for its flagship Dublin outlet — around seven months later than expected because of the M50 upgrade.

A condition of the superstore’s planning permission was that it could not open until works on the Ballymun section of the traffic-clogged motorway was finished.