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03rd Nov 2017

You can buy this Irish ‘care package’ and send it anywhere in the world

What else could you want for Christmas?

Rudi Kinsella

Perfect for anyone abroad who misses a piece of Ireland.

Have you ever been abroad and absolutely craved a packet of Tayto crisps? Or how about a proper cup of tea? Well, your prayers have been answered, through the form of The Paddy Box.

The Paddy Box offers a wide selection of care packages, each of which is designed to encapsulate our unique culture, through the form of unique Irish products.

Each care package provides Irish goods that are iconic, nostalgic, sentimental, and really just brilliant, and acts as the perfect gift for any Irish person living abroad. Items such as Snack bars, Barry’s Tea and Cadbury’s chocolate are just a few of the items available in a Paddy Box.

Customers are able to choose from a host of pre-packed, individually themed items, or choose to make their own custom made box. All boxes have 10 items, and are personally hand-packed with personal notes.

Perhaps the best part of the deal is that it is so much cheaper to send a package like this, than it is to do it yourself, as they cover most of those high international postage fees themselves.

Choose from the “go on, go on, go on, go on” tea-themed box, or the “back in the day” nostalgic style box, among a number of many others.

Speaking about the launch, Mark Loftus, The Paddy Box Founder, said: “After the emigration rush, we watched every Mary & John from down the road spend hours crafting the perfect care package for their loved one abroad. Deciding what those loved ones miss most from Ireland and trying to condense it into one box was a serious task.

“People were tackling different shops, comparing prices and arranging the perfect care package, not to mention spending a small fortune getting the package sent overseas. We knew there had to be an easier and cheaper way for people to send Irish care packages abroad, and after a lot of work and research, The Paddy Box was born.”

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