67 per cent of Irish people admit to re-gifting unwanted Christmas presents

Eva Osborne

67 per cent of Irish people admit to having re-gifted items before, making them "far more likely" to pass on unwanted Christmas presents than those in other EU countries.

This is acccording to research from eBay, which found that Irish people are more likely to re-gift compared to 53 per cent in Germany and 44 per cent in France.

Home décor, clothes and accessories, and books are the most likely presents to be re-gifted.

Head of eBay’s EU cross border trade sellers, Lorna Dunne, said attitudes differ between men and women.

"So we're seeing that women are most likely to actually donate or re-gift and pass on the gift to somebody else," she said.

"While men, interestingly, are more likely to sell and really generate some money from their unwanted gifts."