I needed superglue, and was wondering where I could get some, and then I remembered there's a…read morehardware store across the road. I hadn't been in it before but it has the mystique of all hardware stores, and the feeling that if you don't duck you'll hit your head on a birdfeeder or something. I was confused as to who was the staff as there were three guys just standing around when I went in. The youngest guy gave me assistance when I asked for superglue.... the two older guys accused me of being a glue-sniffer, and told me it would stick to my nose. It was too early in the day for me to come back with anything other than an eye-roll. So if you want hardware items and banter, you could try this place

my elderly parents have been customers there for 40 years until last week when the car broke down…read moreoutside so my dad who knows the owner asked could he push his car in to the space reserved for hardware customers while he waited on a recovery truck. He was told no that was reserved for customers and when the AA truck came the owner came out and yell at the AA man for blocking the space. no customers came to pack in that spot the whole time they were there.

We came to look at boxes, cos... um... we are a little obsessed with boxes…read more We sated ourselves with a plastic basket for our hat collection and a wheeled storage box with clip on lid for our canoeing gear. It's perfect and will replace the rubbish one we've been putting up with for the last six years. My husband remarked how Homebase was much much better value than Woodies for some storage drawers he needed for work recently. 15 EUR v 40 EUR. Mad difference. We wandered around all the departments and we picked up a few more bits that have been on my long term shopping list. I picked up a lovely small cactus for 2.60 EUR. It's fairly impressive and large. It seems to cover all the bases for your home and garden. And they've boxes. So many wonderful boxes.

Right smack bang in the middle of Tempelogue is Webbs, I've walked past it a thousand times without…read moregoing in... until last spring when we were doing a revamp of my grandmothers garden. There we were, 14 doo-gooders without a clue realising at about 4.30 on a sat afternoon that not only did we have no clue what we were doing, we didn't have the tools to do it with...you know, whatever it is.... A plan is formulated, it involves rope, cutty thingys and 14 headless chickens... we had the chickens but where to find an open shop to get the cutty thingys. Q storms off, hero to the rescue type of thing (in a Nissan Micra...red in case you were wondering) and ends up in Webbs - just as they are closing. The guys see a short, fat, balding guy speaking gibberish at them ... they sell me the sharp implements anyway and give a few words of advice (well worth listening as it turns out!) A small shop with a lot of stuff and friendly, patient, staff. tremendous

I have gone to Webb's a few times and its been hit or miss. Brought a mower in for estimate for…read morerepairs last week, no calls received to inform as to cost. Arrived today to be told it was fixed last week, I was asked for fifty euro when I produced my credit card was told they needed cash when I said that was inconvenient he insisted. I paid and left, it was only when I arrived home that I discovered, that for fifty euro Webb had replaced the petro cap, attached two cable ties, and replaced my two broken wingnuts. Interestingly I had asked for a petrol cap and if they would have wing nuts, but the purpose of the visit was to get cables and brakets replaced and all they did was strap the old cable to the old broken bracket. 50 Euro! I will not be returning.