Shops you miss or wish were still around

Argos

Debenhams

Roches Stores

Borders

Woolworths

Habitat

Pier Imports

Probably loads of others too.

Virgin megastore on Aston quay

Borders, although some of what made it special would be gone now regardless - US magazine market is in such a state it makes the UK/Ireland market look healthy; so the mags section would be tiny; ditto there'd be less DVDs and CDs about.

Maplin and/or Peats.

There are still second hand record stores around, I'm planning my occasional trip around the core 3 in Dublin (Spindizzy, RAGE, Freebird) tomorrow; Cork has loads too.

Yup. The only shopping experience I ever liked 😊 HMV was pokey and more expensive by comparison.

None. I remember the first thing I bought online, Cdwow ~20 years ago, it was cheaper and post came from Hong Kong. The novelty! And then tricks to buy from different country sites. And the pain when the DVD player was region-locked and you could not play an Asian DVD.

I remember when Amazon UK launched and being so upset they would not ship to Ireland for so so so long.

I think Superquinn was a brilliant supermarket and I still really miss it. You could go in and be sure of getting something really nice. Their bakery and deli were top notch as was the fruit/veg and meats. Now it’s all generic pre-packed crap in all the supermarkets. My own local super value which is actually a good one recently stopped doing sliced meats- I was directed to the pre packed section. Utter rubbish

Switzers.

Frawleys.

O'Conners jeans.

Peats

GAME

Virgin Megastore

Peats - a neighbour working there used to give my Dad the heads up on the sales..great staff knew their shît.

Virgin - not cheap but an enjoyable browse

Switzers - a family fave.

Clearys - much missed, again, a nice experience, an elegant department store, had EVERYTHING

Woolworths - loved the huge pick a mix as a kid

Boyers - almost giveaway sales… especially sportswear

Roaches - a Dublin institution…everything from school uniforms to groceries.

If you don't use them, you lose em :)

Thanks Caranica, I must be slipping!

I have to agree I miss Past Times very much. Also Roches stores, was great to pick up anything really, gifts and stuff for the house

Fnac is what the HMV-Waterstones merger should have created. Instead about all it did was dual use vouchers

I remember going to Woolworths in Tralee when we were kids on holidays in the 80s. It was a magical place. 😊

Debenhams and AWear. Good clothes shops in general that aren't aimed at 20 year old with size 8 figures! Went shopping recently and there just aren't any shops left!

If you are anywhere near Clontarf try to pop into Nolans on Vernom Ave for a different / old school shopping experience. Not cheap mind.

Most people did not like paying the Paddy tax Debenhams had. If it was £40 in the UK it was €65 here.

Also their misleading signage annoyed many people. EG 2 mens shirts for €75 but you had to read 10 line of miniscule text to realise that it was a specific range even though all were bunched together. Then there was the service - non existent, rude, condescending.

Debenhams is one store that has not been missed

Evolution in the GPO Arcade. Used to love going in for a browse and picking up all sorts of random stuff that I didnt need!

XtraVision. It should have been an opticians really. Just miss going there on a Friday evening renting a couple of videos to watch with the family. The worse the movie was the more fun we had.

Savins Music in O'Connell Street in Limerick

H.Williams

Five Star

3 Guys

BHS

King Burger

Fusco

Tea Time Express

Winstons

Fitzgeralds

Loved Awear, their jeans were fab and catered for short people (like myself)

in the early 90s there was a great denim, bomber jacket type shop in the GPO arcade (think it could have been Gap, but no relation to Gap as we know it)

o’Connors was also great for denim, Also loved No Name for cheap clothes as a student and He for Grays for Knick knacks