Wow !!!! I'm sorry the shop closed ,,,, but am thankful that he was able to keep open until the 50 year mark !!!! Congrats to him and I wish him an Awesome retirement !!! Thank You for this and all that you do !!!! You just did get there in time !!!! Anxiously awaiting the next adventure and destination !!!!!!

I love taking a peek into what daily life is like in Ireland. Thank you for your hard work putting out interesting content.

When plain packaged cigarettes were introduced in 2018, I was able to still get the beautiful blue box of John Player blue in there for a couple of months afterwards!

John use to run a shop with his Dad Brendan on Suir Road Kilmainham, "Hylands" was the first 24 hour shop in Dublin (before the arrival of branded "convenience" shops) and frequented by taxi drivers, shift workers, and late night revellers on their way home. On selling the Suir Rd shop John took over "Alex's" in Georges Street Dun Laoghaire and then moved to the corner shop in the video which was at one time ('70's) a pet shop. Congratulations John on a lifetime in the newsagency trade providing a great service and always with a smile.

Glad you're back Ronan - you've been missed! I love the gentle way you interview people. Cheers from Canberra. Shane.

Missed you! Love from Kentucky

We’ve missed you so glad your back so interesting the shop will be missed by everyone can’t blame him tho .So glad to see you back Roan we just Ireland and it’s people just love Ireland 🇮🇪.Look forward to some more stories.Thank you and GodBless.🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️🏡👍🌺👍🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺👧💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

Lovely commentary on local life.

Sure I’ve missed you and your lovely videos Ronan.

Delighted these videos are back nice one Ronan

John used to sleep standing up - behind the counter!

This fella had/has a shop across the road called Alex's lucky lotto. We used to go in for cans of beer after the nightclub.. he had them stashed out the back.. he'd say "make sure nobody see ya coming out of here with them cans this hour of the morning". It been well after closing time and he having no licence to sell alcohol.. Gas man...

It's still open

Hi Ronan. I was wondering what kind of microphone you use? The sound is fantastic

since this video, John mentioned that one of his staff is taking over the shop.