Spending is strong on the first day of the after Christmas sales in Dublin.
Bargain hunters Mary McDonald from Maynooth and her sister queued outside Brown Thomas on Grafton Street from 8.00 am hoping to get a coat at a knock down price. They managed to save £50.
Consumers were enjoying the trade in boom town Dublin spending their hard earned pennies.
Following a very successful Christmas, major retailers are expecting the post-Christmas spending spree to reach record highs of £2 billion.
It's hard to believe where the money is coming from.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 27 December 1996. The reporter is Gareth O'Connor.
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