Online supplier strips away the costs to sell top condoms at lower prices

IT’S a market where breakthroughs are usually unwelcome, but news of a Cork-based online business that offers the world’s top condom brands at rock-bottom prices won’t be covered up for long.

Youghal woman Andrea Leahy's trips abroad convinced her that Irish people were paying too much for condoms. So she quit her job with an electronics company to set up SmartPaddy.ie and do for Irish condom buyers what Ryanair did for flights and Amazon did for books.

"I spent a lot of time travelling, particularly in Germany, and everything looked cheaper than in Ireland," says Ms Leahy. "Then I saw the price of condoms and realised that we're really being ripped off here."