They have a good stock of paint and so on plus decent deals now and then but their staff have…read morelittle to no knowledge about the products they are selling and are unhelpful to say the least. I tried to buy a table and here's how it went: Me: "does that table come with a parasol?" Staff member 1: "yes but that's the last one and we've none for that one" Staff member 2 in background: "we've none left! We are waiting for them to come in!" Me: "can I order it in? Or does any other branch have it?" SM1 checking computer: "Lucan have 12 and glasnevin have 7 but sometimes the computer is wrong" SM2: "glasnevin have none" Me: "can I just order over the phone from Lucan?" SM1: "no" Me: "I live in blanch, how much would delivery be?" SM1: "standard delivery" Me: "...." SM2: "you should order online" Me: "well I would but it's not there" SM1: "it might be the last day of the offer." Me: "is it?" SM1: "I don't know" Finally I got the phone numbers for Lucan and Glasnevin and called them myself, SM1 or 2 didn't offer to do it... THEN I get to Lucan and even though they told me over the phone they had it, THEY DONT!!!! But they can order it for me for the same price? Why couldn't blanch do that??? Not all of this is the fault of the staff, clearly the woodies system is in the dark ages but collectively the company should maybe get their act together and provide some decent customer service.

A small local hardware shop that has been there for years. It has everything that you could expect…read moreand will give you advice. Much better than going to the major chains.

We moved into a new house recently and beforehand we window shopped for all the appliances…read more Powercity consistently came up the best value and usually they'll give you a discount if you ask. Home delivery is quick and efficient, each time I ordered they showed up before 11 the next morning and the lads are very nice. Docking a star because they never seem to have enough staff on the floor, you have to chase them down sometimes.

If I could give no stars I would. Wanted to exchange a new microwave that I had purchased, the day…read morebefore, for a larger one but was told they would have to take 11 euro off me just because I had taken the microwave out of the box. I literally took it out, looked at it, and put it back into the box. No customer service.

Large tool store, big selection, plenty of parking. Not the…read morebest value for money, and won't price match.

I'm not really a shopping centre person but when it's 8 o'clock on a Thursday night and I need hair…read moredye, a new outfit for the weekend, dog food and the weekly food shop there's really only one place to go. And in fairness where else can you do hours of shopping see a movie and have dinner without paying a cent for parking ?? The food side of the centre has improved massively in the last year - it used to just be fast food but now they have Wagamana, Captain Americas, Milano, Nandos amongst others.

Look, I'm not the biggest proponent of shopping centres. They're too packed, too bright, too hot,…read moretoo packed, not enough independent shops, and eh, they're too packed. So Blanch is no different. It's always rammed. It has the usual mix of high street shops and cheap eats. It does have an added benefit (depending on your perspective!) of being surrounded by outlets and bigger retail parks as well, so you can do your clothes shopping in the centre, then get your house-y stuff in the bigger ones on the outskirts. If you're into getting all your shopping done at once, and don't mind shopping centres, to be honest, it's not half bad. It does seem to have a greater selection of more 'value' shops than Liffey Valley and Dundrum if you're on more of a budget, which is good. Pro Tip: I have found on two occasions that all the carparks were full except the multi-story one on the Debenhams / M&S side, so if you're having problems finding somewhere to park, give that area a goo.