{"id":542930,"date":"2026-07-10T15:47:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T15:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/542930\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T15:47:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T15:47:17","slug":"lidl-to-close-one-south-dublin-store-and-revamp-another-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/542930\/","title":{"rendered":"Lidl to close one south Dublin store and revamp another \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">German discount retailer Lidl is set to close its Deansgrange store in south Co Dublin after nearly 20 years in business..<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The supermarket group said it would consolidate its operations at a redeveloped flagship store on Pottery Road, just over a kilometre away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cWe have outgrown our current store and this move will allow us to provide the local community with a larger, modern and more sustainable shopping environment specifically designed to meet the needs of the area,\u201d a spokeswoman from Lidl said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Lidl has had a store on Pottery Road in D\u00fan Laoghaire for a number of years. It is currently closed for upgrading as part of Lidl\u2019s \u20ac600 million five-year expansion strategy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Pottery Road store is expected to open later this year with the Deansgrange outlet closing before the year end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/property\/commercial-property\/2026\/07\/08\/lidl-to-shut-landmark-south-dublin-store-in-final-quarter-of-2026\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lidl to shut landmark south Dublin store in final quarter of 2026Opens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThis new store will represent the future of Lidl in Ireland, offering an enhanced range, improved accessibility and a premier shopping experience for the families and residents of the surrounding areas,\u201d the spokeswoman added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Lidl said there would be no job losses as a result of the store closure, with all the staff currently employed at Deansgrange to be redeployed to the outlet  at Pottery Road. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Deansgrange store, located at the junction of Kill Lane and Clonkeen Road, opened in 2007. The 14,402sq ft retail unit and its 120-space double-basement car park has been put on the market through BNP Paribas Real Estate with a guide price of \u20ac4 million. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"German discount retailer Lidl is set to close its Deansgrange store in south Co Dublin after nearly 20&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[39876,72,66621,16089,61,60,16117],"class_list":["post-542930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-bnp-paribas-real-estate","tag-business","tag-deansgrange","tag-dun-laoghaire","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lidl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}