RTE reports that:
the Dublin Airport Authority said that the five Hughes and Hughes outlets operating there remain open tonight and a meeting with the receiver is due to take place shortly.
It is not clear how many staff are employed at the airport, but the DAA say that those outlets are and always have been profitable.
The Bookseller reports:
Rumours of the imminent demise of the chain, which was founded in 1983, began to circulate earlier in the week, and a statement had been expected earlier in the day. H&H had expanded rapidly over the past ten years, opening more than 10 branches. At one point it had 24 stores across the British Isles.
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