Smyths asks shoppers not to 'panic buy' as videos of large queues appear online

The queues outside Smyths on the Kinsale Road in Cork. Picture: Dave Dalton/ Twitter

Parents and shoppers have been urged not to 'panic buy', as videos of lengthy queues outside Irish toy shops circulated online in recent days.

Amid speculation that the country would move to level 5 of the Government’s ‘Living with Covid’ plan - which would require many retail stores to close - large queues appeared outside Smyths Toys shops nationwide.