Ikea's PS range: Will northern style come south this winter?

Could this be the year Ikea finally pulls the sparely-designed, blonde-wood trigger on a third Irish outlet — this time in Cork?

Two high-profile meetings were held between representatives of Ikea and Cork County Council in late 2016 with individual town councils pertly vying for attention.

Blarney, Mitchelstown, Little Island, Mallow, and even the Amgen site in Carrigtwohill were mooted as possible locations.