Dunnes ‘to stay in Irish hands’ as Cork store reopens

Dunnes Stores, confident in its future, reopens the outlet where it all began 65 years ago, write Sean O’Riordan and Eoin English

THE doyenne of Irish retail has vowed that Dunnes Stores will remain a family-owned Irish company.

In a rare interview, Margaret Heffernan, a director at the company, said she is “confident” Dunnes Stores will stay in Irish hands.