Lidl reconsidering new Dublin store

Lidl has indicated that it may close one of its stores in west Dublin after it was wrecked last Friday by burglars, rather than build a larger one nearby as it had already planned.

The 30 Lidl staff at the store in Tallaght, which was structurally damaged during the break-in, are to be redeployed to other stores in the area.

The supermarket at Fortunestown Lane was looted and bulldozed by people using a stolen digger to break through the roof, causing most of the building to collapse. The incident took place during a major snowstorm.