A social welfare office in Dublin has banned interviewees from wearing pyjamas.
A notice has appeared at Damastown social welfare office which warns claimants that "pyjamas are not regarded as appropriate attire when attending Community Welfare Service at these offices".
It is believed the decision was made after a number of people complained.
It is not the first time sleep wear has made headlines.
Two years ago, Joe McGuinness, the principal of St Matthew's Primary School, Belfast, sent a stern letter to parents saying wearing pyjamas on the school run was "slovenly and rude".
Last year a head teacher from a school in Middlesborough, England, also asked parents to get properly dressed before the school run.
The issue gained even more prominence when a Tesco store in Cardiff, Wales, put notices up asking customers not to shop in their pyjamas or barefoot.
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