Monica John, South Anne Street, Dublin; French Church Street, Cork and High Street, Bantry. Sale starts today at 10 a.m. Reductions include Martino Midali knitwear, half price; Anne Storey velvet evening wear, down from £645 to £300; Georges Rech alpaca coat and dress suit down from £775, to £475.

Monsoon, Grafton Street, Dublin and Blanchardstown shopping centre. Eveningwear sale already started, reductions include long black silk jacket with all-over embroidery, down from £250 to £125. Main sale starts today, reductions include chunky hand-knit funnel neck jumper, was £70, now £35. Monsoon Accessories sale starts today, reductions include evening bags reduced by 20 per cent to 33 per cent.

Oasis, branches countrywide. Sale starts today with reductions of 30 to 50 per cent.

Pamela Scott, Grafton Street and Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, Dublin; Ashley Reeves, throughout Dublin and Lisa Perkins, Blackrock, Dublin. Sale starts today at 9.30 a.m. Reductions include Frank Usher evening jacket down from £169.95 to £85; many items in the Olsen department, 25 per cent off; Blanca department 40 per cent off.

Platform, Annes Lane, Dublin. Sale starts today at noon. Reductions of 20 to 30 per cent of all stock including Allicano, Lilith, Deirdre Fitzgerald and Gertrude Sampson. Platform Eile, South William Street, Dublin 2. Sale starts today at noon. Reductions of 20 to 30 per cent off all stock including Munthe and Simenson, Jacobtutu and Bill Amberg leather bags.

Ravel, branches and selected retailers countrywide. Sale already started. Reductions for women include Alice court shoes down from £45, to £25; Era evening shoes, down from £45, to 30. Reductions for men include Dive formal shoes down from £45 to £30; Abbot boots down from £50 to £35.

Richard Alan, Grafton Street, Dublin and Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork. Sale starts today at 11 a.m. Reductions include Escada cardigan with cable detail and fur collar, down from £565 to £225; Swiss Akris wool cashmere suit, down from £635 to £459; French tailored suit, down from £395 to £295.

Richard Lewis, 22 South Frederick Street, Dublin. Starts on January 4th at 10 a.m. with previews on December 29th and 30th. Reductions include crushed silk jackets down from £550 to £250; matt jersey dinner dresses down from £550 to £250, and day dresses down from £420 to £150.

Roches Stores, nationwide. Sale starts January 11th at 9 p.m. Reductions for women include 50 per cent off Lady H, Gold and Personal Choice; 20 per cent off Playtex, Triumph and Ballet lingerie and Roberto Rossi sandals down from £39.99, to £29.99. Reductions for men include Kartel leather jackets down from £259, to £159; Saville Row cotton shirts down from £30, to £15, and Dubarry Commander shoes down from £80, to £64.

Sandz, Mount Merrion, Dublin. Sale already started. Reductions include Sandwich party wear reduced down from £190, to £99; O'Reilly McGregor velvets, down from £450, to £360; Michel Amber suits down from £280, to £220.

Shaws, branches almost nationwide. Sales start tomorrow. Reductions include Thomas Marshall black coat was £220, to £179; Michael Heatton top was £109, to £79.99; mens Wrangler combats down from £37.99, to £14.99.

Susan Hunter, Westbury Mall, Dublin. Sale starts January 4th at 10 a.m. Reductions include some La Perla, Aubade, Lejaby and Hanro at half price.

Sybaris, Westbury Mall, Dublin. Sale starts January 4th at 10.30 a.m. Reductions include Jhay boots down from £89.99, to £63; 25 per cent off Pura Lopez and up to 40 per cent off other labels.

Thomas Patrick, Grafton Street, Dublin. Sale already started. Reductions for women include Bruno Magli shoes down from £135 to £89.95; Italian leather shoes down from £99.95 or £89.95 to £69.95, and Gabor shoes down from £69.95 to £49.95. Reductions for men include camel leather and nubuck shoes down from £120 to £99.95; Bruno Magli kid and deerskin shoes down from £155 to £135.

Urbana, Hillside Road, Greystones, Wicklow. Sale starts January 4th at 10 a.m. Reductions include Sophie Sitbon embroidered suit, down from £1185 to £950; black and white Thierry Mugler suit down from £859 to £690; Sophie Sitbon grey wool suit down from £785 to £630.

Vero Moda, countrywide. Sale starts today. Reductions include reversible padded jackets was £64.99, to £30; duffle coats down from £89.99; glitter dress was £29.99, to £15.

Whistles, Westbury Mall, Dublin. Sale already started. Reductions include up to 50 per cent off accessories and Whistles evening wear; 30 per cent off Dries van Noten; 50 per cent off Helmut Lang.