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The 'picking tower' in the new Amazon fulfilment centre in Baldonnel, Dublin. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin 

This week, to much fanfare, Amazon officially opened its first warehouse in Ireland or as they like to call them, fulfilment centres. 

Located in Baldonnell, Co Dublin, the 630,000 sq ft centre is stacked with every product under the sun; as their own website says; “millions of items to be picked, packed and shipped to customers.”