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The destroyed Primark store at the Bank Buildings in Belfast city centre PA Wire/PA Images

Primark set to reopen at new location in Belfast tomorrow following major fire at former store

The retailer’s new outlet in Commonwealth House on Castle Street will open on 8 December.

PRIMARK IS SET to reopen in Belfast after its former premises was destroyed in a fire earlier this year.

The retailer’s new outlet in Commonwealth House on Castle Street will open tomorrow and will replace its store in nearby Bank Buildings, which was devastated by a fire in August.

The fire took a number of days to extinguish, and 100 firefighters and 14 fire brigade appliances were involved in putting it out.

The historic building, which was over 230 years old, was occupied by Primark since 1979 and undergoing major refurbishment works at the time of the blaze.

In a statement earlier this year, the company said it was its ambition to resume trading in Belfast as soon as possible to help restore footfall to the area.

The new store opens at 9am tomorrow, following a short ceremony hosted by Primark director Ben Mansfield.

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    Mute Brendan Hughes
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    Dec 7th 2018, 9:41 AM

    That was quick. It would take at least 5 years here.

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    Dec 7th 2018, 9:53 AM

    @Brendan Hughes: Fast fashion.

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    Dec 7th 2018, 10:23 AM

    @Brendan Hughes: The original store was in Bank buildings, the new store is in a different building.

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    Mute Ger
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    Dec 7th 2018, 2:33 PM

    @Deborah Blacoe: made by little fingers

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    Mute Ger
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    Dec 7th 2018, 2:34 PM

    @Deborah Blacoe: made by little fingers.

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    Dec 7th 2018, 11:42 AM

    ‘Lovely new building’

    ‘Thanks hun, Penneys’

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    Mute Patrick O Connell
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    Dec 7th 2018, 10:09 AM

    The company that rebuilt that building should be in charge of building the social housing here. We would have the ‘homeless ‘ crisis sorted in no time.

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    Dec 7th 2018, 10:55 AM

    @Patrick O Connell: They are moving into a different building. The original building is still in ruin as far as I know. I think they have to demolish the top floors, god knows how long that will take as there is an ongoing dispute between insurance companies.

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    Dec 7th 2018, 11:46 AM

    @Patrick O Connell: you mean by moving people out of Dublin into towns evenly around Ireland and ignoring protests of people demanding to be near family/friends and then claiming to be on the streets when they cant get exactly what they want for nothing?

    The original Primark store is still burnt out, they just invested in a new store in a different area.

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    Dec 7th 2018, 1:32 PM

    @Sean Bates: my bad, I read it wrong

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    Dec 7th 2018, 6:49 PM

    @Sean Bates: True enough. The Metro Hotel in Ballymun is still being refurbished after that fire.

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    Dec 7th 2018, 2:31 PM

    I for one cannot wait! My poor child has had no hair bobbins for weeks and I refuse to pay £4 at Tesco to buy some

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    Dec 7th 2018, 12:42 PM

    Great news

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    Dec 7th 2018, 3:55 PM

    The events centre in Cork is like the taj mahal… taking 20 years to build.

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    Dec 7th 2018, 3:50 PM

    I for one cannot wait! My poor child has had no hair bobbins for weeks and I refuse to pay £4 at Tesco to buy some

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    Dec 8th 2018, 9:00 AM

    @Aisling Boyle: it wasnt funny the 1st time you posted that…..

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