This shop is primarily a newsagents and card shop but they also sell quite a lot of toys and some…read morehousehold goods. One thing I would say you will always find in Tuthills is value. This is certainly the cheapest place for cards that I can find at the moment. You can quite often get cards there for 2 or 3 euro, as well as wrapping paper and gift bags which are also reasonably priced. They have quite a selection of cards and usually have one to meet any various card-buying needs I have. Their toy selection is always great value, although I wouldn't go there looking for something specific, rather if you're looking for a little gift on the cheap you'd certainly find something serviceable here. The also stock a mishmash of household goods like glasses, frames and cleaning products which are usually exceptionally cheap, although there is no consistency of what they have in stock. Good for a rummage though!

Nutley News is a great newspaper shop in Merrion Shopping Centre. It feels like a little…read morenewsagents that you might have in the country, so it's unusual to feel like a local when you pick up your paper in Dublin. It has a really good selection of cards and gift accessories and it also does some presents for kids. It has stationary and books and magazines. It has all of the papers you might need and of course a good sweet selection. They even have all of the old filling-pullers that you grew up with beside the till.

Name's Tyler, last name Moore. Me and my brothers, Jon and Matty, spent some of the best years of…read moreour childhood working here. My little sister Sarah too. Paul, the owner, is one of the kindest most generous people we've ever met. We siblings just spent a night out reminiscing our time spent there. I could not give a higher recommendation to give your business to this shop.

What can I say about this place, well the staff are a bit paranoid for a start and wouldn't tell me…read morethe opening hours, weird. Other then that its a pretty bog standard newsagent, with also does stationary, cards and random toys the odd time.

This is a regular newsagents with a good supply of greetings cards and stationary as well. Having…read moresaid that, in the midst of all the notebooks and pens I noticed a shelf selling stuff like ketchup and packets of soup. I don't know what that's all about but it looks totally out of place. And besides, the shop is practically beside Superquinn, which is a supermarket selling all the ketchup and soup that you would want - and more!

Now this is old school!…read more From the sweets to the layout - they have pineapple squares, brings me back! I went in looking for a pot of Ben & Jerry's, now that is far to fancy for a spot like this so I walked away with a slab of HB vanilla ice-cream and that shattered any delusions of worldly grandeur and entitlement I felt. The lad working the night I went in was so friendly and chatty and insisted and bagging up my ice-cream and sweets in a cute brown bag.

Very cute - they sell individual lollies here, so little kids can come in and order 2 gummi bears…read more Classic - you don't see this kind of thing very often anymore. Just one problem - my after dinner mints were melted in their packet :-(

One of those places that tries to cater to as many needs as possible in one shop, and it does a…read morepretty good job. From cards to groceries to sandwiches to newspapers, they fill the little place up with quite a lot of stuff for you to purchase. Though Rathmines is littered with Spars and Centras this little family-run business has managed to hold on in there despite the intense competition, although it probably has a little location advantage as it's just far enough away from the swan centre for you to consider being lazy and just buying what you need here.

Admittedly, my favourite thing about this shop is the name. However, it's really great to see a…read morefamily run shop in an area over run with 'the enemy' as they call Spar and Centra. The owners are always friendly and ask you how you've been. At different parts of the day you'll meet the wife, husband, and their sons behind the counter. One time I was having trouble with my DVD player and the husband actually offered a great deal of advice and told me to come back in to him if his suggestions didn't work! They've got everything you could imagine and I even found marshmallows there once that I couldn't find in Dunnes or Tesco. Some of the food in there is a bit dated as Ciara pointed out. One time I bought a bag of Dorito's ony to bring them home to find out that the bag had been opened and they were stale. Another time my flatmate went to buy milk and all sell by dates had passed the week before. So if you decided to fight against the corporate giants and support this shop, as I suggest you do, it might be best to stick to non-perishables!

Formerly AM PM... and something else I think before that... this little shops seems to change name…read moreand not change content. Basically it's a good little newsagent with a pretty good selection of magazines and papers and of course confectionery and beverages. Down the back they also have a number of grocery items which are pretty handy if you run out late at night. They also tend to stock stationary as well. Prices are obviously more expensive the supermarkets but not too bad as these kinds of places go.

This is pretty much a standard newsagents in all ways but one. A standard newsagents doesn't sell…read morebad-ass pellet machine-guns. Now, you're thinking 'hey, pellet guns are illegal', I know, I thought so too, maybe they're completely non-lethal or something, but that doesn't mean they're not still fun. Yep, you can get a can of Coke, a pack of Rolos and a replica sub-machine-gun in at least one place in Dublin.

This bookshop is not just a bookshop its also a coffee shop! so, you can go buy a book and then you…read morecan sit and have a hot drink and a sticky bun and read your new book! another great thing about this shop is the fact that it has a whole shelf from floor to ceiling full of second hand books, really good value and there are always titles that you want to read! lastly, this is the place to go buy your school books! boring! but essential if your in school I suppose! oh i nearly forgot, along with the school stuff is a stationary section, if your one of those freaks who loves stationary ( like me!) you will love this shop, lots of cool pens and pencils and colourdy paper! heaven!

Great place for a chat and a snack. Especially if EITHNE or Katja are on. Not too sure about…read morePauline.