The figure was revealed as it plans to take a property holding company it controls under its wing.

Due to the nature of the transaction, which sees Tesco effectively merge its Monread Developments unit into ­Tesco Ireland, the company was required to reveal its assets and liabilities. The merger was completed last week.

“It is proposed that the company will merge with Monread Developments Limited (the transferor company) by way of merger by absorption, whereby it is proposed that the transferor company will transfer all of its assets and liabilities to the company and the transferor company will subsequently be dissolved without going into liquidation,” noted a declaration by directors of Tesco Ireland filed with the Companies Registration Office.

Tesco Ireland’s chief executive is Geoff Byrne.

The filing confirms that as of July this year, Tesco Ireland’s assets totalled €2.69bn. Its liabilities amounted to €955.3m.

It is understood the figures have not been previously revealed, as Tesco Ireland’s operations are reported in consolidated accounts published by its UK-based parent.

Earlier this year, Tesco Ireland injected almost €4.6m into Monread

Monread Developments has been used in the past by Tesco to progress a number of planning applications for its stores in Ireland. As of the end of July this year, Monread had assets of just under €45,000 and liabilities of €10.9m.

Earlier this year, Tesco Ireland injected almost €4.6m into Monread.

In 2023, assets held by Monread were transferred to Tesco Ireland for a consideration of just under €9.7m, based on their net book value.

The Tesco Group had total net assets of £11.6bn (€13.3bn) as of February this year. Tesco operates about 184 stores across Ireland. During the summer, it said it would invest €40m to open 10 additional outlets over the next 12 months. It already employs more than 13,000 people here.

Tesco and Dunnes Stores are the biggest supermarket chains in Ireland, based on sales. In its last financial year, Tesco Ireland reported sales of £2.9bn as its overall sales rose 5.6pc in the period.

Earlier this month, Mr Byrne said the chain had seen strong performance during the first half of its financial year, despite the inflationary environment. ​

The Tesco group is headed by Ken Murphy, from Cork, who has been its chief executive since 2020.