Relaunch day announced for hugely expanded Laois Penneys

The official relaunch day has been announced for the hugely expanded Penneys store in Laois.

The ribbon will be formally cut on the Portlaoise store on Thursday, 26th March, at 8.30am, with doors opening at 9am to customers.

It follows a multi-million-euro business investment that has created new jobs in Portlaoise, and doubled the size of the shop, adding room for more stock to the delight of shoppers. The shopfloor had been undergoing expansion whilst staying open since last September.

The Laois store will be opened by the Head of Penneys  Ireland and Northern Ireland, Fintan Costello and the local team, led by Store Manager Orla Hudson.

Penneys say that "after a full refurbishment and extension, Penneys Portlaoise is now a bigger, brighter and more exciting place for customers to shop affordable essentials and fashion trends".  

Mr Costello, an Offaly man this week told Midlands Radio 3 why they have no store in his own county, with the other two Midlands stores being in Athlone and Mullingar.

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"We are relaunching our Portlaoise Store. We've doubled in size, we've totally modernised and refitted the store. We have new equipment. We have new self service tills which our customers love as well. It's going to be around 20,000 square feet.

"We have around 250 colleagues employed across the three stores here in the midlands. We feel we have the midlands well covered, but as an Offaly man I would never say never. Maybe one day," the Head of Penneys said.