Yes, you read that headline correctly; Enda Kenny opened a Penneys in Berlin.
Hundreds of shoppers turned out to watch the Taoiseach cut the ribbon on a Primark, the name given to the store in areas outside of the country, in Berlin.
The store located at the Alexanderplatz area of the city is the 13th outlet of its kind to be opened in the country since 2009, with a total of 276 are dotted around the rest of Europe.
Speaking at the event Kenny said: “We are seeing a new wave of international expansion from Irish companies abroad and I am heartened to see Primark leading this charge.
“The international success of Primark represents the constant innovations in retail and commercial expansion initiated in Ireland,” he continued.
‘Lovely suit Enda, where did you get that?’ Penneys!
It’s the greatest gift we could give any country and we can only hope the shoppers of Berlin will love it as much as we do.
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