A number of HMV stores are set to reopen around the country in the next few weeks but Dundalk will not be one of them.
Amongst the stores set to be reopened by recovery specialists Hilco include shops on Dublin’s Henry Street, Limerick’s Crescent Shopping Centre and in Liffey Valley and Dundrum Shopping Centres.
More may open later in the summer, with locations earmarked for Grafton Street as well as Cork and Galway cities.
However, the store which closed at the Marshes Shopping Centre will not be reopening – at least not as a HMV – so any future plans Hilco has for a HMV in the town will mean it will have to be in a different location.
The current HMV premises in Dundalk, which now lies idle, is set to be taken over by DV8 Fashions, which will be opening soon.
UK-based Hilco’s chief executive is Paul McGowan, who resides in Blackrock.
The four stores set to reopen will create 100 jobs and while a long term project main involve a return to Dundalk, it is not thought to be currently in the pipeline.
Previously: DV8 Fashions to open Dundalk store in the Marshes
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