Dundrum Town Centre bookshop to close with loss of eight staff

Hughes & Hughes (H&H) has announced the closure of its Dundrum Town Centre branch, which was one of the biggest in the Republic when it first opened.

The store, located on two floors, opened in October 2008 and was originally 12,000sq ft in size, though the area occupied has been drastically reduced. The eight staff are facing redundancy without redeployment.

The announcement was made by H&H on its website last night.

Loyalty cards and H&H gift vouchers will be honoured in all other branches.

The closure is a rare setback for the Dundrum Town Centre, which has consistently bucked the trend since the recession began.

A H&H source said the branch was affected by the fall-off in sales that had hit book sales everywhere, with many people now buying books online.

He also said the shop’s location, which is not in the main centre, was “poor” and the shop did not get the footfall that had been expected.