A surge in online orders - greater than that experienced during black Friday and Cyber Monday last year - has prompted a national delivery company to hire 100 more drivers.
The country is experiencing massive increased volumes in online deliveries as people order cosmetics, beauty products, gardening products and seeds, books, pet food, sports equipment, electrical goods, self-assembly furniture and toys.
DPD, Ireland's largest courier company, and An Post both confirmed to RTÉ'S News at One that they are seeing more parcel deliveries than before.
DPD delivered 585,000 packages last week outstripping the 560,000 parcels delivered during Cyber Week, a period that includes the high intensity shopping extravaganzas of Black Friday and Cyber