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Irish Independent
a day ago
- Business
- Irish Independent
Award-winning retailer praises Love Tipperary Gift Card after bumper six months of sales
An award-winning Tipperary retailer has praised the county's local gift card for its ease of use and commission free nature after enjoying a bumper six months of sales through the card. The Love Tipperary Gift Card is backed by County Tipperary Chamber and Tipperary County Council, with 300 businesses accepting the card. Both physical and digital versions of the card are available. Second generation family-run business Moran's Menswear opened its doors in 1970 and celebrates 55 years in business in 2025. The menswear retailer joined the Love Tipperary Gift Card when it launched in November 2024, with over €5,000 worth of gift cards spent in the store in six months. In the past five years, the retailer has tripled the size of the store in Thurles, added a private wedding room and won the Drapers Award for Best Independent Menswear across Ireland and the UK. Diarmuid Moran, owner of Moran's Menswear, said the Love Tipperary Gift Card supports their ethos as a business. 'We're proud supporters of the independent sector and the power of shop local,' said Mr Moran. 'If a person shops with Amazon that money is leaving Ireland but if you buy local it stays local and gets reinvested in the economy through jobs and the support local businesses provide to community projects and clubs.' He added: 'One of the main benefits of the Love Tipperary Gift Card is the fact that it's commission free. 'For example, I had a One4All Gift Card in the store today for €100 and I gave €12 of that to One4All in commission. In comparison, accepting the Love Tipperary Gift Card is 100pc commission free. 'Another major benefit is the ease of use. I can swipe the physical version while the digital version is added to the recipient's digital wallet so they can 'tap to pay'. 'We've accepted over €5,000 of Love Tipperary Gift Cards since the initiative launched in November 2024, and I think that is down to the ease of use for merchants accepting the card and recipients spending it.' Mr Moran said that what he sees in particular is the gift card users are tending to spend more than the value of the gift card in his shop. Diarmuid encourages local organisations to consider using the cards as rewards, and urges businesses who are not currently accepting the card to register. 'I'd like to see the Love Tipperary Gift Card becoming even more embedded within the community, and more organisations using the cards for rewards, ringfencing reward spend into County Tipperary,' he said. 'For local businesses in County Tipperary, it's very simple. If you're not part of the Love Tipperary Gift Card then people are not going to visit your business to spend their cards with you. 'As a business, you have to keep reinventing and moving forwards, and that includes participating in positive community initiatives that benefit the community like the Love Tipperary Gift Card. €5,000 of additional spend in just over 6 months is a positive for any independent business.' Michelle Aylward, chief executive at County Tipperary Chamber, said: 'It's fantastic to see the positive impact our gift card is having on our local businesses across a range of sectors. Some 300 local businesses now accept the card, but there's still time for other businesses to register to accept the card and experience the benefits of zero commission, easy revenue through their tills.' The Tipperary Gift Card is part of the Town and City Gift Card concept active across Ireland that has won several awards. Colin Munro is the managing director of Miconex, who manage these gift cards, and said: 'There is a huge shift in organisations making the move to local rewards for their rewards and incentives. 'In our research, 89pc of organisations in Ireland said supporting local businesses was important to their organisation. With 300 businesses accepting the card, the Love Tipperary Gift Card offers unbeatable local choice for employees, while the option of physical cards to hand over or digital cards to send to their email or phone makes support for local simple.'
Irish Independent
3 days ago
- Irish Independent
Wexford public warned of new scam involving Ebay, the post office and €1,000 in One4All gift cards
In the rural Wexford village of Wellingtonbridge, a local man had a close call with a group of scammers that seemed to be calling from some kind of call centre in India. The callers were convincing enough to persuade local man Anthony O'Neill to make a trip to the local post office while they remained on the line. "Basically, these guys rang and said somebody was trying to get €600 out of my eBay account," he explains. "They told me that they wanted to catch these scammers and that the situation required urgent action. I think I was passed between three people in total, all with Indian accents. "They asked me how far I was from the local post office, and I replied that I was around 2km. Then they said they'd stay on the line while I travelled there and they'd need me to purchase four €250 One4All gift cards.' At this point, alarm bells started to ring for Anthony. However, the callers had provoked a sense of panic and urgency. "I was thinking about picking up a hurl and bringing it with me,' he said. 'I was thinking to myself, 'is someone going to be waiting for me at the post office or something?'' Eventually, Anthony got in the car and drove to the post office, all while the scammers remained on the line. "They said that they don't need to talk to anyone, but that I should ask for the four gift cards,' he explains. 'When I asked the lady behind the counter and she saw that I was on the phone, she waved at me and asked me to put them on the phone. When I handed it over, they hung up.' As it turned out, Anthony was not the only intended victim locally. "She said that I was the third or fourth person who had turned up with the same thing," he said. 'I don't know what the next step was going to be, whether they were going to ask me for the numbers on the backs of the cards or what. ADVERTISEMENT "I was a bit suspicious, but these guys were very convincing.' While suspect phone calls from unknown numbers and messages purporting to be from the likes of eBay, PayPal, An Post and a whole host of couriers have become alarmingly commonplace, separately Wexford County Council issued a warning on Tuesday about a different type of scam doing the rounds. "Please be aware that people are being offered 'Free Tarmacadam' while Wexford County Council are undertaking road works,' a council statement said. 'These scammers are saying that the tarmacadam is left over and therefore 'free'. This is a scam and we'd appreciate if people would help us spread the word so that vulnerable people will not fall victim.'
Irish Independent
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Indo Sport podcast: The Football Show The honest Roy Keane review Shels halfway to heaven
Dan also talks about the news that Evan Ferguson may be heading to Serie A. But first, Will and Ronan are in to recap the week's big football storylines, including PSG's potential upcoming era of dominance, and Will gives us his honest review of Roy Keane live at the Marquee. If you'd like to come along to the first edition of Indo Sport Football LIVE on August 6th, head over to Ticketmaster by clicking here for information on how you can join us at Vicar Street ⚽️ Football on Indo Sport is in association with Sky Sports. If you'd like to get in touch with the show, email us at indosportpodcast@ You can subscribe to our dedicated Indo Sport YouTube page here. We'd love to get your thoughts on your overall listening experience, it only takes a minute, and your feedback helps us keep improving what we do. Plus, when you take part, you'll be in with a chance to win a €500 One4All Voucher Just head to and enter Soccer. Listen on….
Irish Independent
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Indo GAA podcast – Hurling: Tipp's buy-in to Liam Cahill How did nobody cop the wrong score?
The lads get into the real winning and losing of the game, including Tipperary's intensity, the buy-in to Liam Cahill's vision and whether Kilkenny's brain trust is being used right. But of course, there's plenty to get into with Scoregate - and the disaster that could have been if Kilkenny got that last-gasp goal. The question is - how did everyone miss it? Meanwhile, Cork also booked their All-Ireland final spot with some sensational skill, the lads ask if Dublin were naive and how Cork's hunger will translate to the decider. We'd love to get your thoughts on your overall listening experience, it only takes a minute, and your feedback helps us keep improving what we do. Plus, when you take part, you'll be in with a chance to win a €500 One4All Voucher Just head to and enter GAA. Apple podcast Spotify
Irish Independent
18-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Indo GAA podcast: Nice guys (Mayo) finish last, Donegal's siege mentality, Kerry's royal defeat
The lads discuss Mayo's crash out of the All Ireland series, how Jim McGuinness has implemented a siege mentality within Donegal and the 'shadow boxing' game that was between Armagh and Galway. Elsewhere they examine Dublin's lack of goals and two-point scores, how Derry might consider themselves unlucky and Kerry's collapse versus Meath. Our GAA Podcast coverage is with thanks to AIB. We'd love to get your thoughts on your overall listening experience, it only takes a minute, and your feedback helps us keep improving what we do. Plus, when you take part, you'll be in with a chance to win a €500 One4All Voucher. Just head to and enter GAA.
