Is it Christmas Eve..?! Tailbacks into Kildare Village with several Gardai on duty

There were queues for most of the day for the Junction 13 exit on the M7 for Kildare Village - which is holding the final day of its Private Sale event.

Gardai were helping Kildare Village employees to keep traffic flowing into several car parks.

Shoppers were flocking to the designer outlet venue to make the most of the extra discounts available.

Several Gardai positioned at local roundabouts also helped speed up the flow of vehicles.

Traffic was also heavy through Kildare Town.

Many motorists tried to avoid the tailbacks by using the Junction 12 for Curragh Racecourse or Junction 14 at the Monasterevin side.