Online buyers favour Sundays

According to research by online payment service PayPal, 50 per cent more retail transactions are processed on Sundays than on Saturdays, still the busiest day for high-street trading.

Sundays now account for 15 per cent of high street retail expenditure in Ireland and Britain, whereas PayPal estimates that online, the equivalent percentage of transactions on Sundays is 17.5 per cent. PayPal International, a subsidiary of eBay, is based in Blanchardstown where it employs ...