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Danish home-store giant JYSK will open their Youghal store on Thursday, November 14th - CorkBeo can exclusively reveal.

It was originally announced in September that a store would soon open with Corkonians delighted having long being ignored by IKEA.

The company who are seen as IKEA's biggest rivals across Europe are investing around €70 million in Ireland and plan to create hundreds of jobs.

The Danish chain were founded 40 years ago and has expanded in to 51 countries, with more than 2,700 stores worldwide employing 23,000 people.



They had initially announced plans for 15 stores over two years in Ireland, with Naas to be followed by Drogheda, Navan and Portlaoise this year. These plans have now been beefed-up and accelerated, with Cork set to be the hub of the chain's operations for Munster.

In JYSK you can find all the things you would in IKEA; beds, bookshelves, kitchen accessories and whatever else you could need for your home.

However JYSK is a cheaper brand than its Swedish counterpart and is gaining popularity at an incredible rate.