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The media have been getting their knickers in a knot over the opening of Ireland’s new Victoria’s Secret store. Personally, I’m delighted I don’t have to travel stateside for nice underwear, but I could do without the frothy, patronising PR spin

Victoria’s Secret models strut their stuff: a new store has opened on Grafton Street in Dublin

You know what disappointed me most about the opening of the Victoria’s Secret store on Grafton Street earlier this week? I’d been told there was a protest outside the shop when it opened on Tuesday. I’d had fond notions of a Father Ted-like group arranged outside the three-storey property, with placards saying ‘Down with This Sort of Thing’ and women attired in Peig-like shawls and very stern frowns. But of course, there was ...