Never miss out again – take advantage of exclusive Click Frenzy offers (no more than once a week), plus early access to future Click Frenzy events. We don’t spam and we don’t ever sell or rent our customer data to third parties.Plus you’ll get early access to Click Frenzy events and loads more special Click Frenzy offers. Re-gift your unwanted Christmas presents! 5 Destinations To Add To Your Travel Bucket List Top 10 Travel Accessories To Enhance Your Holiday 17 Things You Must Have For Travelling Overseas On A Budget Confessions of a Shopaholic Confessions of a ShopaholicPROUDLY KEEPING IT KIWI SINCE 1918 Smiths City is one of New Zealands most trusted brands. We've been providing great customer service, a huge range of quality products and affordable finance plans for over 97 years. We'd love for you to become a part of the Smiths City Family so call into store or view our product range online.Black Friday is just a week away and with shoppers across Ireland gearing up for bumper offers ahead of the Christmas rush, Irish stores are slowly starting to reveal their plans for the sales bonanza.
And with punters set to spend over €100 million on the day and in related sales, Irish shops have been quick to jump on the Black Friday bandwagon, which is of American origin and a day of huge sales right after Thanksgiving celebrations in the US. While some shops have yet to unveil their big deals, here's everything we know so far: Argos have already kicked off the Black Friday action with 12 days of offers starting today. Here's all you need to know and 11 of their best deals. The electrical and furniture store is running an online countdown to Black Friday - you can sign up here to be made aware of all their deals as they drop. Read More: Everything you need to know about Black Friday Meanwhile Curry's are promising mega offers on everything from laptops, TVs, headphones to washing and coffee machines and their Black Tag event will run for the week leading up to Black Friday - keep up to date here. Debenhams are keeping tight-lipped on their plans but do have a dedicated page on their website after running massive deals since last weekend including up to 40% off toys.
Read More: How to bag the best deals in Ireland on Black Friday Boots in Ireland will kick off their offers on the day both instore and online and say there's 'something for everyone' - here's the holding page on their Irish site. The bookshop is offering 10% and free delivery online with no details as yet of offer in stores. The discount also works on top of their 3 for 2 mix and match offer and will kick off on Black Friday. Tesco Mobile have planned a five day sale kicking off on Black Friday - with special offers like €80 discount on the Sony Xperia Z3 on their €30 a month plan - and will start at midnight on the button on their website and Tesco Mobile phoneshops, the majority of Tesco stores and telesales from Friday through to Tuesday. While not an Irish company, the online retailer is hugely popular on these shores and if you love a fashion bargain, it's likely to be your first port of call. Discounts of up to 70% are expected and here is their dedicated Black Friday page to keep an eye on.
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This is the first time Keeler has been photographed in public for seven years, and the 71-year-old is unrecognisable from the fresh-faced model and showgirl who found herself embroiled in Profumo affair in 1963. Humble lifestyle: The former model Christine Keeler pictured out shopping near her home Although she revelled in her notoriety at the time and sold her story to newspapers all over the world, Ms Keeler now lives in a sheltered accommodation block in South London, and is estranged from her two sons. Beauty: Keeler in her prime back in 1964 In an interview last year to publicise her latest book about the affair that rocked the British Establishment, she said: ‘My children don’t want to be associated with that bloody whore Christine Keeler. It’s awful but that’s the way it is.’The scandal happened at the height of the Cold War when it was discovered that Keeler had been sleeping with both Profumo, the then Conservative Minister for War, and Yevgeny Ivanov, a naval attache based at the Russian Embassy in London.Keeler and Profumo began their affair after being introduced at a party at the Cliveden estate in 1961 by their mutual friend Stephen Ward
, a high-society osteopath and portrait-painter.Profumo, who was married to actress Valerie Hobson, had no idea that Keeler was also sleeping with Ivanov. In March 1963 he told the House of Commons that rumours of his affair were untrue, but he was forced to resign three months later after admitting he had lied.Ward, who was prosecuted for living off immoral earnings, took an overdose the day before his trail ended and died on August 3, 1963. Keeler was found guilty of unrelated perjury charges and was sentenced to nine months in prison.The passage of time has done little to diminish the public’s fascination with the scandal. Andrew Lloyd Webber has written a musical, Stephen Ward, due to open in December. It is understood Keeler declined to co-operate with the project. Historic: A fresh-faced Keeler at the height of the scandal, left, following her affair with Secretary of State for War, rightSign up to Savvy Shopper Get our latest products and offers sent to your inbox.Unique New Finds For Spring