9th April 2019 Latest spate of robberies puts the viability of retail at risk at a particularly difficult time Irish retailers in border counties have told Retail Excellence, Ireland’s largest retail representation body, that they are bracing themselves for more in the recent spate of ATM thefts. Eight ATM robberies involving diggers and trailers have […]

28th March 2019 “Dublin Port – please don’t sink Ireland’s cruise ship tourism industry” pleads Ireland’s largest retail body Retail Excellence, Ireland’s largest retail representative body with 2,000 members, has called for an urgent review of Dublin Port’s decision to drastically curtail the volume of cruise ships permitted into the port from 2021. A meeting […]

Spring is officially here so visit your local garden centres, buy Irish plants and get growing! GroMór is an initiative by Bord Bia in association with Retail Excellence Ireland, promoting its 62 local garden centres and nurseries located across the country. These centres have an extensive selection of plants along with qualified staff, who are […]

13th March 2019 Mr Joe Barrett, COO & co-owner of Applegreen PLC becomes new Chairman; award-winning boutique owner Jean McCabe takes up Vice-Chair Ireland’s largest retail representative body, Retail Excellence today (Wed 13 March 2019) is pleased to announce the appointment of Joe Barrett as its new Chairman. Mr. Barrett will succeed J.P. Kennedy (MD […]

March 1st 2019 New fund to accelerate retailers’ online offering and increase competitiveness Retail Excellence, Ireland’s largest retail representative body, has welcomed the announcement today of recipients of the first call of the new Online Retail Scheme. The scheme is delivered for the Government by Enterprise Ireland. Eleven retailers were awarded funding as part of […]

Wednesday 27th February 2019 Retail Excellence, Ireland’s largest retail industry representative body has welcomed yesterday’s decision by the Revenue Commissioners to halt a proposed 23% VAT hike  on vitamins, minerals, probiotics and fish oils. The proposal announced by Revenue in December was due to come into effect this Friday March 1st but has instead been […]

Today’s announcement that the Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has asked the Chief Justice to create simple rules to force through rapid reductions in awards for soft-tissue injuries such as whiplash has been welcomed by Retail Excellence and the Alliance for Insurance Reform. Commenting on the announcement, Bryan Rankin, Head of Public Policy & Communications […]

7th February 2019 The first of the Alliance for Insurance Reform’s ‘10 Asks‘ has been passed into law. The Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Act 2018 is not in itself all that promising as it hands control of the new insurance oversight data to the Central Bank, which has been thoroughly discredited as a […]