Three Laois Retailers Named as Gala Award Winners
Linda Dempsey from Dempsey's Gala, Portarlington pictured with David O'Brien from Gala Retail
Three Laois Gala Retail stores have been named as among the best Gala Retail stores in Ireland.
The announcement was made at the 2025 Gala Retail ‘Delivering the Difference’ annual conference.
Dempsey's Gala, Portarlington; Dunne's Gala, Portlaoise and Bracken's Gala, Portlaoise, were named as Gala Retail Excellence Award winners. Dempsey's Gala was also recognised as a worthy runner-up in the Customer Service of the Year category.
Sports broadcaster, Jacqui Hurley, was MC for the Gala celebratory evening event, and speakers Bernard Jackman and Geoff Ramm featured at the morning conference.
The Gala Excellence Awards are presented to Gala stores that are deemed ‘outstanding’ following a comprehensive and independent assessment process. More retailers than ever before achieved the standard, which is reflective of the Group’s focus on quality, community-centric and innovative retailers.
“Gala Retail stores in County Laois consistently feature as some of the best performing stores across the Group,” explains Gary Desmond, CEO of Gala Retail
