Survey results in the media this week said that children who were pushed around in buggies or pushchairs that faced away from their parents - could end up with psychological damage.
If you are looking for puschairs or buggies that are rear facing or can be adjusted to face either the front or face to face - Kiddicare have these  Rear Facing Buggies for sale.

Buggies, prams and pushchairs  made by Quinny, Silver Cross, Bebeconfort, Maxi Cosi.
Delivery is free in mainland UK on orders over £50. Delivery to Ireland and Northern Ireland and some outlying parts of the UK is £19.99.
The prices on Kiddicare are pretty good - and they still save you money with delivery charges added on.

Almost 3,000 pairs of parents and babies were studied as part of the research by Dundee University. In one experiment, 20 babies were pushed for a mile, half the journey being spent in an away-facing buggy and the rest in a toward-facing one.

It was discovered 25 per cent of parents using face-to-face buggies talked to their baby - more than twice as many as those with away-facing buggies.

Babies facing towards the buggy-pusher were found to experience a reduced heart rate and were twice as likely to fall asleep, suggesting they were less stressed.

Mothers and infants who had a chance to use both types of buggy laughed more frequently with face-to-face buggies. Only one baby in the group of 20 laughed during the away-facing journey, while half laughed during the face-to-face journey.

So  - don’t buy a puschair that doesn’t allow the baby to face the pusher.

Halfords - the car accessory and bike store - don’t have a dedicated Irish site.  The Halfords.ie site takes you to the Halfords UK site - but delivery to Ireland is not available . Halfords will deliver to Northern Ireland though.

Alternatives to Halfords for Irish customers:

If you want to buy In Car SatNav - try Pixmania. Pixmania is the largest electrical online retailer in Europe - and part of the same group of companies as PC World, Dixons and Currys. They deliver to Ireland and prices of Sat Nav systems are cheaper than most Irish shops. They sell the top brands such as Garmin, Tom Tom.
For Hands Free kits for your car - visit Carphone Warehouse who deliver all over Ireland for free.

If you are looking for bikes - try Evans Cycles - they deliver bikes to Ireland (delivery is £25 each) but the prices are cheap and the range of bikes available is much better than Halfords.

Wiggle is another great online bike shop - with free delivery to Ireland on some bikes

For Child Car Seats you can use Kiddicare - delivery to Ireland and Northern Ireland is £19.99 though - so you would need to have a fairly big order to make it worthwhile. They do sell everything you would need for a new baby - pushchairs, buggies, cots etc etc. All the major makes - Britax , Quinny, Bebeconfort,

If you still want to go to a Halfords shop - here are the Locations of Halfords shops in Ireland.

Halfords Sligo - Sligo Retail Park , Dublin Road,
Halords Drogheda Retail Park, Donore Road,Rathmullen
Halfords Liffey Valley Retail Park, Clondalkin ,Dublin 22
Halfrods Coolock Coolock Retail Park, Dublin 5
Halfords Carrickmines , Dublin 18
Halfords Blanchardstown ,West End Retail Park,
Halfords Wexford Retail Park,New Line Road, Wexford
Halfords Limerick ,City East Retail Park,Tipperary Road,
Halfrods Cork - Mahon Retail Park
Halfrods Tralee , Manor West Retail Park , Tralee
Halfords Naas, Newhall Retail Park Kildare
Halfords Carlow - Carlow Retail Park - Barrack Street Carlow
Halfords Kilkenny - Kilkenny Retail Park - Springhill Kilkenny
Halfords Dundalk Superstore - Dundalk Retail Park
Halfords Letterkenny - Forte Retail Park - Canal Road - Letterkenny -
Halfords Tallaght -Belgard Retail Park

Halfords UK Site

The Baby Born doll with Magic Potty from Zapf Creation - has topped the list of predicted best sellers for Christmas 2008 ( List by UK Toy Retailers Association). This Baby Born doll is sure to make an appearance on the Late Late Toy Show - and will be in short supply in the shops in Ireland and the UK.

Save your self a lot of hassle and searching - and order your Baby Born in good time for Christmas.

Smyths Toys only  allow online shopping on certain items and delivery is a massive €29.50 euro . For most prioducts  you have to go to their stores to buy them. But - you can order any toys for Christmas online  from the Baby Born Range at Mail Order Express - with delivery to the Republic of Ireland at £14.99 GBP - it might be an idea to order a few things while you are at it. Delivery to NI is £8.99 per order.

Today’s new parents have a massive choice of buggys and pushchairs to choose from. Looking cool is as important as the functionality and manouverability of any buggy.
The Quinny Speedi is a great off road pushchair. Superb in the country and in the town too. It is ovely to push and a smooth ride for baby.
You can get Quinny pushchairs online from Kiddicare - they prices are way cheaper than in Irish shops even with the 19.99 delivery added on. For example - an Irish online baby equipment shop is charging  €399 euro for a Quinny speedi . At Kiddicare it costs £255 GBP  delivered  which is about €307 euro (at the date of this post). That’s a saving of over €90 Euro.
Kiddicare stock loads of other brands like Phil and Teds, Silvrcross, Bebecar, Britax - and they also sell cots, mattresses, baby equipment and toys. Basically - it’s as good if not better than Mothercare - but they deliver to Ireland. The 19.99 delivery charge to Ireland and Northern Ireland too -  covers orders of any size - so buy all you need for the new arrival in one go.