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Wed 07 Jul 2009Ikea says Dublin store will match Belfast on price
PRICES IN the new Ikea store in Dublin, which opens next Monday, will be about the same as in its Belfast store, according to the company. By Christmas, prices in the Ballymun store will be lower than in the North as sterling strengthens against the euro, the Dublin store manager Garry Deakin predicted yesterday.
Mr Deakin rejected predictions of traffic chaos when the giant new furnishing outlet opens, saying an elaborate traffic management plan was in place to minimise disruption caused by the store, which lies just off the M50.
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