The name may have changed (the moniker Big Brother Records didn't sound quite so good in the age of reality TV) but the staff are still as friendly as ever. And they know their...

Plush, elegant and painfully fashionable, BTs is popular with travelling celebs, rich kids and the local glitterati. There are more designer labels than you could shake a stick...

If you're after Irish stuff, then this is the place to come to (as you may have guesed from all those big posters of Glen Hansard and co in the window). Helpful staff are on...

Not only is it impressive to look at (the building was formerly a John Rennie-designed tobacco warehouse) but this sleek new shopping centre is perfectly suited to Docklands'...

Die-hard traditionalists will delight in Claddagh's excellent and extensive stock of Irish folk tunes. There's everything here from early trad recordings to the most recent...

Despite an auspicious beginning (it was one of the first purpose-built department stores in the world when it was founded in 1853), Clery & Co has long since been overtaken by...

Fifteen minutes outside the city centre is the goliath of Dublin shopping malls, the Dundrum Town Centre. This pristine place is an unashamed temple to consumerism and gets...

The ubiquitous Dunnes Stores (there are dozens of branches across the country) holds a special place in the hearts of Dubliners, thanks to its good-value, no-nonsense gear....

Handily located right opposite Grafton Street, this Stephen's Green Centre branch of Golden Discs (like the several others that are dotted around town) is fast becoming...

As long as you expect the ear-drumming chart music and walls of teenagers that go with the HMV territory, you won't be diappointed by this comprehensive Grafton Street branch...

There was a time when the ILAC Centre was a byword for urban tawdriness, devoid of any charm, bereft of shops you'd actually want to set foot in. But those days are over....

With the kind of relentess mall lighting that makes you feel as if you are suspended in a permanent lightning flash, this starkly modern shopping centre may not be the most...

It might be a bit High Fidelity for some people's tastes but vinyl junkies will love this old-school music store for its great selection of leftfield tunes (with Irish...

This charming second-hand bookshop on Wicklow Street stocks a bit of everything: a few out-of-print paperbacks, recently remaindered titles and even the occasional stack of...