Shoppers flock to Dublin city centre for the first day of the Christmas sales.
Bargain hunters at Brown Thomas on Grafton Street in Dublin. Shoppers and shop assistants talk about the goods on offer and the savings to be made.
The offers varied from a reduction of £200 on a fur jacket to a 55 pence drop on the price of a face cloth.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 29 December 1980. The reporter is Colm Connolly.