The Square, Tallaght
The Square Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Tallaght in South Dublin. It is located at the junction of the Belgard Road dual carriageway (the R113) and the N81 and is beside the Luas Red Line terminus (see thumbnail).The shopping centre opened on 23 October 1990 to a crowd of 45,000 by An Taoiseach at the time Charles Haughey.It was the first of four large shopping complexes built in the towns surrounding Dublin from the late 1980s onwards and was for a while the largest shopping centre in Ireland. The others are Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, Liffey Valley Shopping Centre and Dundrum Town Centre.Anchor tenants at the centre are Tesco Ireland, Debenhams, H&M, River Island and Dunnes Stores. Other popular stores that are open at The Square include Argos, Dealz, Boots, Easons, Clarks, Footlocker, Jack Jones, PC world, Heatons, JD Sports and A-Wear. For a full list of stores click here. From November 1990 until 8 March 2010, a multiplex cinema operated by United Cinemas International was in operation on level three, but this was closed because Alburn, the landlords of The Square, did not renew the contract for the cinema and it was also stated that they had no plans to re-new the contract for the cinema. In 2012, the IMC Tallaght opened in the former spot of the UCI cinema.