PC World is yet another British retailer that has opened stores in Ireland in recent years; just like Maplin and B&Q the economic good times known as the “Celtic Tiger” finally pulled their big boxes across the channel to Eire.
There is an air of impermanence about PC World. I can just picture a couple of articulated trucks with integrated forklifts appearing at the rear loading doors. The diesel engines will rev as the forklifts are lowered. Their electric hum will be like a hoard of locusts buzzing around the high ceilinged interior, skidding on the shiny concrete floor as they corned. The trucks will drive to Rosslare Europort and PC World will be gone.
Why do I say these things? do I hate PC World, do I hate British companies? No, I just believe it will be a reality as despite being in “Eire” for over 18 months the PC World website still says Under Construction. There’s not even a table of opening hours. It is laughable that a company in the businessof selling computers and accessories does not even have a brochure style website, i.e. one listing products but not having having a shopping cart.
So it seems that after years of ignoring Ireland the company finally opened stores here, and we might hope that after a few years of ignoring its website it might open that too. Still at least in the meantime their website complies with STATUTORY INSTRUMENT No. 49 of 2007 
one of the few in the .ie namespace that actually does.
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