A two-month stay has been placed on a High Court injunction linked to the closure of a branch of Dunnes Stores in Co Wexford to members of the public.
Dunnes Stores shut the branch at Gorey Shopping Centre last Thursday after the High Court granted an injunction preventing the company from continuing to use a door that opened directly onto the centre's carpark.
The injunction was obtained by Paul McCann of Grant Thornton, who was appointed by AIB as receiver to run the centre.
Lawyers for the receiver argued the use of the door was a breach of Dunnes' lease obligations and the net effect was that customers could bypass smaller traders in the shopping centre.
Dunnes Stores had opposed the application, and urged the court not to grant the injunction.
In a ruling late last week, Mr Justice Brian McGovern granted the injunction preventing the supermarket chain from using the door that directly opened onto the carpark as an entrance to the store.
It was also ordered that the only entrance that could be used was the main entrance to the shopping centre.
At a vacation sitting of the High Court today, Mr Justice Donald Binchy was informed that both sides were consenting to a stay being placed on the injunction for a period of two months.
In what was a brief application, barrister Edward Farrelly Bl said the move was to allow the two sides, and "other stakeholders", to "engage with each other", in a bid to resolve the matter.
The court also heard the stay would not prejudice Dunnes Stores' right to appeal Mr Justice McGovern's decision to grant the injunction.
Mr Justice Binchy, in adjourning the matter, agreed to place the stay on the injunction until 24 July.
The court was not told if the Co Wexford store is to be reopened to the public or not.
Approximately 100 people are employed by Dunnes Stores at the Co Wexford store.
The closure of the store to the public had been criticised by trade Union Mandate, which represents workers at the store.
