Online momentum has built for the #adoptashop movement which seeks to encourage support for businesses across Ireland through "conscientious shopping".
Tim Carey tweeted his decision "to adopt three shops" in Dublin city centre adding that every week or two he would "go to town and buy something in at least one of them".
He came up with the idea following a visit to a quiet Dublin city centre. "I chose three places, Simon's Place Books Upstairs and Hodges Figgis, because these are the places that are important to me.
These add value to my life. If they were gone, the city would be devalued. So just to make that conscious decision that I'm going to try to help these businesses through the next phase so when we all come out of it, which we