Amnesty called... for coat hangers

WE’VE had tax amnesties and endless gun amnesties, but now the country has been hit with a hanger amnesty.

Research has shown that hangers are running riot in the country’s bedrooms and wardrobes. Up to 50 million are thought to be at large in Irish homes and a fifth of these end up in the landfill as space-pressed householders try to keep control over their numbers.

There was a time when most stores automatically threw a hanger in with a new purchase, but no more.