Full coverage: Dunnes Stores

The same-day grocery delivery start-up has raised €18m from backers. However, with the company impacted by the ending of pandemic restrictions and the cost-of-living crisis, it is set to be acquired by Dunnes Stores for a relatively small sum.

An institutional landlord has issued High Court proceedings against Ireland’s largest supermarket chain. This is just the latest in a series of legal actions over the development of a Dublin shopping centre.

Anchor tenant Dunnes Stores has opened a convenience store about half the size of the penalty box on a football pitch at Point Village, the High Court heard. The overall space is ten times bigger. Dunnes insists it is in line with its obligations.

Dunnes Stores tried to stop a rival discount store selling biscuits, shampoos and other groceries at a Carlow shopping centre. But what exactly are "groceries"?

Since its creation the Point Village development has caused nothing but contention for the developers and Dunnes Stores, which was meant to be the anchor tenant in the retail centre. The latest chapter in an ongoing dispute, which is lasting over a decade, is centred around a sign-off payment of €3 million.