Shoppers queue around the block ahead of midnight lockdown deadline

Under Covid-19 restrictions, shops will close this evening for six weeks

Queues outside Penneys on Patricks Street, Cork before Lockdown. Picture: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

The sun shone down on happy shoppers as they queued patiently outside shops and hauled loaded bags home before the city shuts down under level 5 restrictions tonight.

In Cork city, shoppers flocked to Penneys and other high street brands, and in Dublin, long queues could be spotted on Henry Street and Grafton Street as shoppers picked up last minute essentials and, in many cases, early Christmas presents.