 Fashion retailers Monsoon and Accesorize are set to close several stores in Ireland despite being brought out of administration in the UK. The brands are set to shutter 35 stores in the UK and Ireland, making 545 staff redundant, while seeking rent reductions at their remaining shops as part of a restructuring plan enacted by founder Peter Simon. Outlets in Dublin, Cork and Kilkenny will close under the proposals, and the company also has stores in Drogheda, Limerick, Galway, Sligo and Athlone. Administrators from FRP were appointed to oversee Monsson and Accessorize last night and immediately sold the companies business 