Customs at Dublin Aiport

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Hey folks, I'm not certain if this is exactly the right forum for this one so apologies in advance if not.

I'm abroad on holidays at the moment and I had hoped to pick up a laptop and digital camera while I was here, but I completely neglected to consider airport customs until the day before I left home. Essentially I'm just wondering what they're like these days, I've never been stopped before but with one exception I was always using the EU channel whereas this time I won't be, and before where I never brought anything of any real value home, this time I want to. So I'm just wondering what experiences other people have had recently with customs, and would I be likely to get the stuff through without declaring it and having to pay the VAT and excise etc., and also if I do try to go through without declaring anything and am stopped and checked, does anyone know of any additional penalties I could expect?

I did a quick search for similar threads but most of the ones I got were a couple of years old.

Thanks for any replies/advice.

BuffyBot

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