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Hiroko Suzuki from Japan in the queue as the first IKEA in Ireland opened in Ballymun, Dublin in July 2009. PA Archive/Press Association Images

IKEA: Stop playing hide -and-seek in our shops, seriously

They are not amused.

Updated: 12.08pm

IKEA is sick of people playing hide-and-seek in its shops, and has called on customers to stop the practice.

More than 32,000 people had signed up on Facebook to play hide-and-seek at Ikea’s Eindhoven store in the Netherlands, while 19,000 people registered to play in Amsterdam, and 12,000 people signed up for a game in Utrecht.

An IKEA UK and Ireland spokesperson told TheJournal.ie: “While we appreciate playing hide and seek in one of our stores may be appealing to some, offering a fun, relaxed and safe shopping experience for our customers is our highest priority. We would not facilitate this kind of activity taking place in any of our stores.”

According to Time, IKEA Group spokeswoman Martina Smedberg told Bloomberg that the games are “hard to control”, adding: “We need to make sure people are safe in our stores and that’s hard to do if we don’t even know where they are.”

Last summer, hundreds of people played the game in IKEA stores in Belgium.

Originally published: 10.18am

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    Mute Kieran Ferrett
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    Jun 23rd 2024, 10:34 PM

    Scotland weren’t Hungary enough

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    Jun 24th 2024, 12:08 AM

    defo peno.. ref was muck.. hard luck Scotland..

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    Mute Kevin Kennedy
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    Jun 24th 2024, 12:12 AM

    @Stiles: Thanks Johnny

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    Mute Sean O'Dhubhghaill
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    Jun 24th 2024, 6:28 AM

    @Stiles: Scottish player was pulling Hungarian player by shirt. Both fell.

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    Mute Nodon
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    Jun 24th 2024, 3:27 PM

    @Sean O’Dhubhghaill: correct and all the pundits ‘missed’ that though it was perfectly obvious in the replays.

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    Mute Sean O'Dhubhghaill
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    Jun 23rd 2024, 10:21 PM

    What happened Varga? I have seen 3 or 4 replays and can’t see what happened. Good news us that apparently he is OK.

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    Mute Kevin Collins
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    Jun 23rd 2024, 10:24 PM

    @Sean O’Dhubhghaill: Took an elbow to the head and knocked clean out. Hopefully nothing more than concussion.

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    Jun 23rd 2024, 11:06 PM

    @Sean O’Dhubhghaill: From the still image the keeper caught him with his trailing left arm after punching the ball clear with his right. Could have been a head or neck injury nothing been confirmed other than he’s now stable in hospital.

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    Mute Sean Money
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    Jun 24th 2024, 9:59 AM

    @Kevin Collins: any GAA player would have kept playing

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    Mute Helen McKernan
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    Jun 24th 2024, 12:34 PM

    @Sean O’Dhubhghaill: broken bones in his face & eye socket & bad concussion aparently.good to see hes awake though and stable in hospital.was scary enough watching can only imagine how frightened his family were. Speedy recovery!

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    Jun 24th 2024, 3:24 AM

    0 shots on target…again! Says it all.

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    Jun 24th 2024, 1:37 AM

    Hard luck Scotland ,from Ireland ,we Celts. Xxx When you know you know. X

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    Mute Christopher Fealy
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    Jun 24th 2024, 6:43 AM

    @Ann Nugent: no way hard luck. DEFINITELY DELIGHTED SCOTLAND GONE..DONT FORGET THEM AND WALES VOTED FOR FRANCE TO HOLD RUGBY WORLD CUP LAST YEAR . TOOK THE BIG FAT BROWN ENVELOPE. AT LEAST ENGLAND

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    Jun 24th 2024, 7:23 AM

    @Christopher Fealy what a strange comment,a dub obviously

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    Mute Sean O'Dhubhghaill
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    Jun 24th 2024, 9:35 AM

    @Christopher Fealy: At least England………….. what?

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    Jun 24th 2024, 9:39 AM

    @Sean O’Dhubhghaill: Voted for us…he has a point.

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    Jun 24th 2024, 9:50 AM

    @sean weir: Don’t worry bog warrior.

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    Jun 24th 2024, 7:20 AM

    Any one but ENGLAND ,and that was definitely a penalty for Scotland

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    Mute Sean Money
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    Jun 24th 2024, 8:31 AM

    @sean weir: I looked this morning expecting to see a stonewall penalty after ready all the comments. Not a penalty, the scot player manhandled him.

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    Jun 24th 2024, 9:02 AM

    Definitely a penalty. Ref needs glasses.

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    Mute Sean O'Dhubhghaill
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    Jun 24th 2024, 9:36 AM

    @reg morrisey: Scottish player pulled him. Both fell.

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    Jun 24th 2024, 9:44 AM

    @Sean O’Dhubhghaill: it was definitely a penno. Caught the Scottish player with his knee before. I’ve seen pennos given for a lot less

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    Jun 24th 2024, 5:17 AM

    I suppose you’re wondering what’s under me kilt!!!

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