Homestore and More Closing Down in Ireland: Where to Shop

When Home Store + More announced it was closing its UK stores in April 2025 (TheStreet, business-finance outlet), the obvious question for Irish shoppers was: is the Republic next? More than a year later, the evidence still points to the Irish side trading as usual — the official website is live, clearance offers keep appearing, and at least one Dublin branch remains listed. Here’s what’s confirmed, what’s still unclear, and how to check your local store before you travel.

UK branches confirmed to close: 2 (East Kilbride, Edinburgh) · Announcement date: 23–24 April 2025 · Official Irish domain: homestoreandmore.ie · Closure status for Ireland: Unconfirmed

Ten rows, one pattern: the verified facts are mostly UK-side, while the Irish picture rests on the live official website and a single directory entry.

Is Homestore and More closing down in Ireland?

No official statement in the sources reviewed here says any Republic of Ireland branch is closing. The 2025 closure was a UK-side exit, and the Irish operation has kept trading through it.

Which UK branches are closing?

• East Kilbride, Scotland — confirmed, along with the Edinburgh branch (The Sun, UK news outlet)
• Edinburgh, Craigleith Retail Park — the UK website went offline while the store stayed open until the end of May 2025 (Edinburgh News, local Scottish outlet)

The two closures are part of a wider UK withdrawal, not a signal that the Republic’s branches are next.

What did the company say about the UK closures?

The company’s own words, as relayed in the trade and local press, were about the UK only. No equivalent statement about Irish stores appears in the sources reviewed here.

Is the official Irish website still active?

• Homepage: still live, advertising clearance and special offers (Home Store + More, official Irish brand site)
• Clearance page: active as of September 2026 (Home Store + More, linked above)

The special-offers page lists specific discounts, including half-price and 33%-off items (Home Store + More special-offers page). A website that keeps updating its sale pages is not behaving like a chain in shutdown.

The pattern: the UK and Irish operations are being treated as separate businesses in every source reviewed, and the Irish side has not issued a closure notice.

How many homestores and more are there in Ireland?

The short answer: the country-wide number isn’t published in the sources reviewed here, and the official store locator is the only authority that can settle it.

Where is the official store locator?

• Official website: homestoreandmore.ie, still live with clearance offers (Home Store + More, linked above)
• No company-published branch count appears in the sources reviewed here

The brand’s own pages, not third-party blogs, are the primary source for branch status.

What does the Golden Pages directory list?

• 6 Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin — the directory’s Home Store & More entry (Golden Pages, Irish business directory)
• Brand description: “Ireland’s leading independent home wares retailer” (Golden Pages)

InteriorDaily, a home-industry trade outlet, reported that the Irish business operates more than 20 stores and employs more than 900 people (InteriorDaily, home-industry trade outlet). No company-published list confirms that count.

The implication: check the locator, not the rumour mill, before relying on any branch count.

Is Homestore and More an Irish company?

It trades as an Irish home-wares retailer — the .ie domain and the Golden Pages description both point that way. The legal answer depends on registration records, not branding.

Where is the brand based?

• Official domain: homestoreandmore.ie (Home Store + More, official Irish brand site — linked above)
• Directory description: “Ireland’s leading independent home wares retailer” (Golden Pages, Irish business directory)

The brand operates in both Ireland and the UK; the UK side has been winding down since 2025.

Does it trade outside Ireland?

• Yes — two Scottish stores, East Kilbride and Edinburgh, closed in 2025 (The Sun, covered in the table above)
• 2012: an earlier UK trial of four outlets — Cambridge, Abingdon, Aylesbury and Harlow — was axed (Housewares Live, industry trade publication)

The 2012 trial matters because it shows the brand already tested the UK market once and pulled back when the trial didn’t pay.

The consequence for the “Irish company” question: the current footprint is overwhelmingly Irish, but legal ownership still needs a CRO check.

Who are the owners of Homestore and More?

The honest answer: none of the sources reviewed here name the owners. Any name circulating online is unverified until a registration record confirms it.

How can ownership be verified?

• Irish Companies Registration Office (CRO) — the state register for Irish-registered companies
• UK Companies House — for any entity linked to the earlier UK trial or the Scottish stores

Both registers are public. Searching them is the difference between a verified owner and a rumour.

What is the company registration route?

• Search the CRO online by company name or registered number
• Cross-check the result against directors’ names and the registered address

Why this matters: ownership decides who makes the next call — including whether any Irish store closes.

Is there a Home Store + More in Tralee County Kerry?

No Tralee or County Kerry branch appears in any of the provided sources. That doesn’t prove one doesn’t exist — it means the sources don’t document one.

How do I check for a Kerry store?

• Use the official store locator on homestoreandmore.ie (Home Store + More — linked above)
• Contact the brand’s customer-care line before making a long trip (Home Store + More help centre)

“Not in the sources” is not the same as “no store”. The live website remains the deciding authority.

Can I order online if there is no local Kerry store?

• Yes — the official site is live and directs shoppers to buy in-store and online (Home Store + More, linked above)
• A low-authority blog, Observer Ireland, claims delivery covers all 32 counties — treat that as unconfirmed until checkout confirms it (Observer Ireland, blog-style Irish site)

The pattern: online delivery changes the calculation for Kerry shoppers — even if the nearest branch is a long drive, the sale prices may still be reachable.

Is there a home store in Wexford?

No Wexford branch is listed in the provided sources, and the official locator is the only way to confirm one. Wexford shoppers have good reason to ask: the public record reviewed here doesn’t place the brand in the county.

Is there a retail park in Wexford?

• No Home Store + More branch in a Wexford retail park appears in the provided sources
• Documented retail-park branches in the sources are in Athlone (Ireland Journal) and Tallaght (Observer Ireland) — neither is verified by the brand

For planning-level questions about Wexford’s retail parks, Wexford County Council records are the authoritative route.

What should Wexford shoppers do next?

• Check the official store locator for any Wexford branch (Home Store + More — linked above)
• If clearance prices matter more than the nearest branch, the live special-offers page on the official site is the documented place to look

The implication for Wexford shoppers: no confirmed branch means every “closing store” rumour should be checked against the official locator, not social media.

Timeline: how the UK exit unfolded

A short timeline separates what’s confirmed from what’s still unresolved.

• 2012 — An earlier UK trial of four outlets (Cambridge, Abingdon, Aylesbury, Harlow) was axed as unprofitable (Housewares Live, industry trade publication)
• 23–24 April 2025 — Reports confirmed that all UK stores were set to close by the end of May 2025 (TheStreet, business-finance outlet)
• End of May 2025 — The Edinburgh store traded through the final weeks while the UK website went offline (Edinburgh News, local Scottish outlet)
• September 2026 — The Irish website still runs clearance and special-offers pages (Home Store + More, linked above)

The pattern: every confirmed date in this story is about the UK. For Ireland, the only dated evidence is the same website still trading more than a year later.

Confirmed vs. unclear: what we actually know

In this story, the difference between a confirmed fact and a reported claim is the difference between planning a trip and chasing a rumour.

Confirmed facts

• UK branches in East Kilbride and Edinburgh are closing (The Sun, UK news outlet — see table above)
• The Irish website remains live; as of September 2026, clearance and special-offers pages are still active (Home Store + More, official Irish brand site — see snapshot above)
• InteriorDaily reports that Irish operations will continue despite the UK exit (InteriorDaily, home-industry trade outlet — see snapshot above)
• The Golden Pages directory lists a Home Store & More at 6 Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin (Golden Pages)

What’s unclear

• Whether any Republic of Ireland store will close — no official notice appears in the sources reviewed here
• The total number of Irish branches — 20+ is a trade report, not a company-published count (InteriorDaily)
• Who owns the company — no owner is named in any provided source; the CRO record is the way to verify
• Whether Tralee, County Kerry, has a branch — none appears in the provided sources
• Whether Wexford has a branch — none appears in the provided sources
• A 2024 Athlone closure rumour circulated on a low-authority blog, with no official notice following (Ireland Journal, blog-style Irish site)

The balance here is deliberate: the confirmed list is shorter than the unclear list because the public record for the Republic is thin. That’s not a reason to panic — it’s a reason to verify before travelling.

What the sources say

Three sources carry the story: the company’s closure plan, the trade press’s read on Ireland, and the directory listing that frames the brand.

The company’s closure plan, as reported by Edinburgh News:

The Craigleith Retail Park branch is shutting, the UK website is offline, and the store will keep trading until the end of May 2025.

Edinburgh News, local Scottish outlet

The trade press on the Irish operation:

The Irish operation will continue despite the UK exit, with more than 20 stores and over 900 employees.

InteriorDaily, home-industry trade outlet

The directory’s description of the Dublin-listed business:

Ireland’s leading independent home wares retailer.

Golden Pages listing for Home Store & More, Dublin

The common thread: every source that addresses Ireland directly describes a business still operating — and none of them names a closure date for the Republic.

The takeaway for Irish shoppers

The UK closure is real, but it is not an Irish closure announcement. The best evidence — a live Irish website, active clearance pages, and a trade report pointing to continuing Irish operations — shows a brand still trading in the Republic. The gaps are just as real: no official store count, no named owners, no confirmed branch in Tralee or Wexford. For an Irish shopper in Kerry or Wexford, the choice is clear: check the official store locator and the live offers page before deciding where to spend, or risk chasing a closing-store rumour that the sources don’t support.

Frequently asked questions

The six questions cover the most common shopper concerns, from online clearance to store lookups.