Retail

Argos to close all Irish stores with hundreds of workers to lose jobs

The company already shut three outlets here in 2022 after recording heavy losses

An Argos outlet in Dublin. Picture: Rollingnews.ie

Argos is to close all of its Irish stores later this year, with hundreds of workers facing losing their jobs, the company has announced.

In a statement, the firm said it will shut all its Irish outlets by June. The firm had recently recorded significant losses at its Irish operation.

The company said: “Argos concluded the investment required to develop and modernise the Irish part of its business was not viable and that the money ...