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HMV record shops make an unexpected return to Ireland – and, as you probably already suspected, Ireland is officially the most expensive country in the EU

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The high street British music retailer HMV announced last month that it was opening its first new shop in Ireland in almost a decade, thanks to healthy vinyl sales. The store front on Henry Street in Dublin has now emerged, showing a rebranded name: The HMV Shop. The company says it plans to open three more shops later this year in Liffey Valley, Dundrum Shopping Centre and Crescent Shopping Centre in Limerick.

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