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The company yesterday received approval from An Bord Pleanála for its planned 30,000sq m store near the Ballymun interchange of the M50. However, the project could be delayed for several years because, under a key condition attached to the planning approval, the store cannot be opened until the upgrade of the interchange is completed.
Ikea said yesterday it could be trading by August 2008 with 500 people employed. But the NRA, which opposed the project at a Bord Pleanála hearing in March, said it could not give an assurance the road work would be completed by then.
A spokeswoman for the NRA said yesterday that the upgrade of the Ballymun interchange was part of phase two of the upgrade of the M50, and the contract for this work would be awarded "later this year". It was not due for completion until 2010.
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