TWO new jobs have been created with the opening of a new men’s clothing shop in town.

Ivan Maher of Marian Park is the man behind ‘Official’ on Lower Castle Street at the site of the old Swamp outlet.

“We opened on Friday and trading was good while Saturday was very good,” he said. “I might try Sunday openings too to see how it goes but it looks good.”

The shop stocks casual men’s clothing and footwear and Ivan says it took a while to get the shop right for opening.

“There’s been a lot of work put into it over the past three weeks to get the store looking the way it is now,” said Ivan, who has employed one other person to help him run the business.

Ivan has extensive retail experience with spells at Lifestyle and Jack and Jones before being a partner at Paraffin, who have outlets in Abbey Court and Manor West Shopping Centre. But now he has started his own new venture in ‘Official’.