Lidl says it is hiring 100 new people in Dublin to staff four new stores.

The discount supermarket will open branches in Swords and Glenageary, as well as Cabra and Portmarnock by next spring.

It is also relocating its shop on the Main Road in Tallaght to the same site as its corporate headquarters, making it the biggest store in Ireland.

Lidl claims it has contributed €1.5bn to the Irish economy since it opened here 16 years ago.