Penneys has announced plans to reopen all of its stores in Ireland from 12 June, under Phase 2 of the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions.
In a statement, it said that its stores with street access will open next Friday and that on 15 June its stores located in shopping centres will reopen.
The retailer said that stores will open with measures in place to safeguard customers and employees. These include limiting the number of customers in its stores to enable social distancing, as well as closing every second till to allow more space between customers and employees.
Hand sanitiser stations will be made available and Perspex screens will also be installed. Primark CEO Paul Merchant said: "We will adopt all government safety advice as a minimum