. . . . . . . . . "2640462"^^ . . . . . . . . "1081160832"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "10846"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Retail in the Republic of Ireland"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "In the Republic of Ireland, the retail sector provides one of the largest sources of employment in the economy, representing over 12% of the workforce. As of 2017, approximately 40,000 wholesale and retail businesses employed almost 280,000 people in Ireland, with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment reporting that 90% of these businesses were Irish-owned."@en . . . "In the Republic of Ireland, the retail sector provides one of the largest sources of employment in the economy, representing over 12% of the workforce. As of 2017, approximately 40,000 wholesale and retail businesses employed almost 280,000 people in Ireland, with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment reporting that 90% of these businesses were Irish-owned. As of 2017, the retail market was worth \u20AC40 billion annually, with the supermarket sector reportedly comprising \u20AC9 billion of this figure. For the same period, \u20AC5 billion was spent by Irish consumers with online retailers - \u20AC3 billion of this going to non-Irish sites."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . .