{"id":670555,"date":"2026-10-31T05:10:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T05:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/670555\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T05:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T05:10:19","slug":"lidl-opens-new-cork-city-store-at-merchants-quay-shopping-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/670555\/","title":{"rendered":"Lidl opens new Cork city store at Merchant\u2019s Quay Shopping Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"contextmenu internal_Body1st\">Lidl Ireland has opened a new Cork store at the landmark Merchant\u2019s Quay Shopping Centre, with the creation of 20 permanent jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Cork businesswoman and social media influencer Lisa Jordan performed the ribbon-cutting at the store, with the first 10 early-bird shoppers awarded complimentary Lidl gift vouchers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The store is the 23rd Lidl outlet in Cork, and represents an investment of \u20ac4.5m in the local community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Representatives of Cork City Missing Persons Search &amp; Recovery were in attendance to receive a donation of \u20ac1,000 in Lidl vouchers from the store team. The store, spanning 1,530sq m, features 16 tills, of which 14 are self-service, plus an in-store bakery and an off-licence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Regional managing director for Munster at Lidl Ireland, Tara O\u2019Connor, said the company is \u201cthrilled to breathe new life into this prominent commercial space\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cThis second city-centre location reflects our continued commitment and investment in our Cork city store network,\u201d said Ms O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lidl Ireland has opened a new Cork store at the landmark Merchant\u2019s Quay Shopping Centre, with the creation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,4257,79,61,60],"class_list":["post-670555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-cork-business","tag-cork-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670555","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=670555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}