JYSK getting set to open second Irish store in the Midlands
The deal was signed and a location secured in Portlaoise some months ago, hot on the heels of their Naas store which opened earlier this week.
The international Danish homewares retailer is expanding to the Ireland market in 2019, and Portlaoise is one of the first four towns to get stores.
JYSK, pronounced 'yusk' is confirmed to open in Laois Shopping Centre this summer, with contracts now confirmed as signed by the shopping centre owners Harcourt Developments.
It's understood it will open in August.
It will open in a long vacant 1,000sqm unit on the external lower ground floor near Petworld.
The company said it is looking for about 13 staff for the Portlaoise store.
It looks set to open to huge fanfare after the hugely successful opening of the Kildare outlet.
The company plans to open 15 branches across Ireland in the coming years.