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Sat 07 Jul 2009Ikea set to open after five-year wait
ALMOST FIVE years after it was first mooted, more than two years since it received planning permission and now six months after being fitted out the Republic’s first Ikea store is set to open.
On Monday morning thousands of shoppers are expected to descend on Ballymun in Dublin for the opening of the 31,800sq m Swedish chain store, which expects to attract some 2.75 million visitors in its first year.
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