26 November 2019

In  the 1960s “The Jetland Ballroom” on the Ennis Road was THE place to meet - one of Ireland’s biggest ballrooms where top international acts such as Johnny Cash and Roy Orbeson took to the stage, as well as home grown talent like Brendan Boyer and Limerick’s own Shaun O’Dowd. 

 

Now people have a brand new reason to head to “The Jetland”, with the unveiling of the all new Dunnes Stores Jetland, offering an exciting and innovative shopping experience in collaboration with some of the leading Irish names in food, fashion and homeware, all under one roof and all delivering on the Dunnes Stores promise of better value.

 

This new state-of-the-art store will be celebrating its official unveiling from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th December with a weekend full of festive fashion, food, lots of giveaways and fun for all the family.

 

John Kennedy, Dunnes Stores Jetland Store Manager stated “Just like The Jetland Ballroom featured all of the top names from the era, Dunnes Stores Jetland will feature the very best names in fashion, food and homeware.  It really will offer shoppers in Limerick something very special and trusted, while remaining true to our promise of better value, which has been instilled in all of us since Dunnes Stores was established in the 1940s.”

 

John, who is in the midst of planning the upcoming weekend, stated “We wanted to organise a special weekend to say thank you to our customers and our hard working team for their patience and support as we went through our ‘makeover’.  We couldn’t have done it without them, and they are as proud of our beautiful new store as we are.”

 

At the unveiling weekend there will be opportunities to meet some of Ireland’s best fashion, beauty and home designers, including Paul Costelloe, whose father was from Limerick; Carolyn Donnelly; Brendan Courtney; Sonya Lennon; Leigh Tucker; Diarmuid Gavin; Derrick Carberry; and Limerick’s own Celia Holman Lee, will be coordinating fashion shows throughout the weekend.  There will also be a wide range of activities in the new state-of-the-art Food Hall, where some of Ireland’s leading food producers will be on hand to meet and greet and to invite shoppers to sample some of their signature and award winning products including Ireland’s favourite chef, Neven Maguire, who will be there to celebrate the arrival of his exclusive Cookware Collection with a very special Cookery Demo on Friday 6th December at 6pm. On Sunday we will have another Cookery Demo, with Aileen Cox Blundell of Baby Led Feeding fame.

 

John added,“It’s been a very special time for us and for Dunnes Stores as a whole. We are officially Ireland’s number one Food Retailer, and recently we have been awarded Irish Retailer of the Year. We brought home numerous national and international awards in 2019, and this year also marks the 75th anniversary of the business, and now with our beautiful new look store in Jetland, we’re bringing the celebrations to Limerick in a big way!”

John and his team are also organising lots of kid friendly activities and there will be lots and lots of giveaways throughout the weekend.

 

Visitors to Dunnes Stores Jetland will experience a world class Food Hall, a unique collaboration focusing on provenance and quality with some of Ireland’s leading Irish artisan producers, all under one roof including stand alone shops from Sheridan’s Cheesemongers, James Whelan Butchers, Alternative Bread Company and Nourish health food store; as well as the full collection of Irish and international products from the multi-award winning Simply Better collection. In addition to this, there is a dedicated Fishmongers in store; an extensive wine offering; and Baby World, which will be a one stop shop for little ones.  In the Shopping Centre Mall, an exciting addition will be a stand alone Gardening Store which will feature the complete collection from Diarmuid Gavin’s gardening range “Outer Spaces”, exclusive to Dunnes Stores.

 

The Food Hall will also have one of Ireland’s leading fresh food delicatessens Baxter and Greene Market Deli with cafe seating and freshly baked pizza to order as well as a Sushi Bar, where shoppers can “Grab & Go”, or eat in store. At the top of the escalators taking you to and from the convenient underground free car park, there is a brand new Cafe Sol, and a second and larger Baxter & Greene Market Café within the re-development. 

 

On the expansive Fashion and Home side of the store, there has also been a complete re-development, creating an inspirational space to showcase the vast array of fashion and home experiences for all shoppers, all pockets and all occasions. What makes the store so special is the unique range and choice it constantly offers to its customers, through the Dunnes Stores own fashion and homeware collections including Savida and Gallery, which offers great value and quality, as well as the exclusive fashion and home collections from household names such as Paul Costelloe, Francis Brennan, Lennon Courtney, Carolyn Donnelly, Paul Galvin, Helen James and Leigh Tucker Willow.

 

There will also be another new concept in shopping for Dunnes Stores which will be unveiled in Limerick for the first time.  A dedicated Beauty Store, where shoppers can relax in the Nail Bar or Brow Bar, while at the same time shop for all of their favourite beauty products, from premium to great value options.

 

More details on the schedule of activities and events over the weekend will be announced and these will be will be available through Facebook and Instagram in the run up to the very special weekend.

The store, which is on the Ennis Road in Limerick, will be open seven days a week from 8am to 10pm Monday to Saturday and 9am to 9pm on Sunday. Ample car parking is available with over 1,300 car spaces on location.

For the festive season, Dunnes Stores Jetland will have extended opening hours. From Monday, 16th December, the store will be open from 8am to 12am Midnight, up until Sunday 22nd when the store then be open for 66 consecutive hours up until Christmas Eve, the 24th of December, closing at 6pm. Dunnes Stores Jetland will then re-open Friday 27th of December from 8am to 10pm.