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Woolworths NI stores close doors | Woolworths NI stores close doors |
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Trading in five of Woolworths 19 stores in Northern Ireland comes to an end later. | |
More than 200 branches of the company in the UK will close with the loss of thousands of jobs. | |
The five Northern Ireland branches are at Ballymena, Armagh, Enniskillen, Lurgan and Newry. | |
Unless there is a last-minute rescue effort, the remaining 600 stores will close on 5 January and 27,000 staff will lose their jobs. | Unless there is a last-minute rescue effort, the remaining 600 stores will close on 5 January and 27,000 staff will lose their jobs. |
The chain called in administrators last month amid mounting debts of £385m. | The chain called in administrators last month amid mounting debts of £385m. |
Pat Kelly, a former manager of the Armagh branch, said the Northern Ireland outlets formed one of the company's top regions. | |
"Everybody is very, very upset about the whole situation," he said. | |
"The stores in Northern Ireland were always the top stores in performance, both in sales and profit, in the company." |
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