The best fashion and gift stores Dublin

Timetable

Shops are generally open from 9am to 6pm from Monday to Saturday. Department stores are open on Thursdays until 8 or 9 pm. On Sundays, some stores are open from noon to 5 or 6 pm (grocery stores, newsagents, etc.).

Budget & Tips

If the prices are supposed to be a little higher than in France in normal times, the numerous periods of sales, the incessant discounts in the big stores or the outlets on the outskirts of the big cities, like in Kildare (1 hour from Dublin) are a godsend for the amateurs of big brands at low prices.

Of course, the vast majority of stores take credit cards.

Sales

To boost consumption after the recession, Irish stores have taken the habit of organizing promotions more or less throughout the year. Sales (from the end of December to the end of January, in July), back-to-school promotions, end of series, special offers, etc. On this subject at least, Ireland beats France to the punch: shopping lovers will not know where to turn!

Sales are therefore a very common practice in Ireland, whether they are generalized to a given period or specific, for example during Black Friday, at the end of November.

What's very local

The great classics to bring back are clothes with the effigy of the national rugby team for the sportsmen, a sweater made of Donegal wool, a bottle of whiskey and other local gastronomic products for the gourmets (cheese, cheddar, chocolates...). Some markets, especially in Dublin, are a delight for the locals. Please note that haggling is frowned upon in Ireland most of the time, and in any case on the markets, people will directly make you nice offers. Be careful, taxes on alcohol are very high in the Republic of Ireland, so a bottle of Jameson, for example, costs less in France!