WITH Christmas only days away, some Clare families are still planning the big grocery shop.

To avoid any added stress and ensure you are prepared for the festive season ahead, operating hours for stores from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day have been compiled.

Most stores will close between 17:30 to 19:00 on Christmas Eve. All shops will be closed on Christmas Day so make sure not to leave everything until the very last minute.

On St Stephen’s Day, shopping will be limited, with only Tesco in Shannon and Super Valu in Tulla open on the day with limited hours.

Coming up to the new year, customers will be better off shopping on December 31st rather than January 1st, as stores will mostly be open on New Year’s Eve, apart from Super Valu in Ennistymon.

Select shops will be closed on New Year’s Day, while others will be open from 7am at the earliest and closed from 10pm at the latest.

Ennis

Dunnes Stores:
December 24th (Christmas Eve): 7am-6pm
December 25th (Christmas Day): Closed
December 26th (St Stephen’s Day): Closed
December 27th: 8am-9pm
December 28th: 8:30am-9pm
December 29th: 8am-9pm
December 30th: 8am-9pm
December 31st (New Year’s Eve): 8am-7pm
January 1st (New Year’s Day): 11am-7pm

Tesco:
December 24th (Christmas Eve): 7am-7pm
December 25th (Christmas Day): Closed
December 26th (St Stephen’s Day): Closed
December 27th: 8am-10pm
December 28th: 8am-10pm
December 29th: 7am-12am
December 30th: 7am-12am
December 31st (New Year’s Eve): 8am-8pm
January 1st (New Year’s Day): Closed

Super Valu:
December 24th (Christmas Eve): 7am-8pm
December 25th (Christmas Day): Closed
December 26th (St Stephen’s Day): Closed
December 27th: 7am-10pm
December 28th: 7am-10pm
December 29th: 7am-10pm
December 30th: 7am-10pm
December 31st (New Year’s Eve): 7am-10pm
January 1st (New Year’s Day): 7am-10pm

Aldi:
December 24th (Christmas Eve): 8am-7pm
December 25th (Christmas Day): Closed
December 26th (St Stephen’s Day): Closed
December 27th: 8am-9pm
December 28th: 8am-10pm
December 29th: 8am-9pm
December 30th: 8am-9pm
December 31st (New Year’s Eve): 8am-9pm
January 1st (New Year’s Day): Closed

Lidl:
December 24th (Christmas Eve): 8am-6pm
December 25th (Christmas Day): Closed
December 26th (St Stephen’s Day): Closed
December 27th: 8am-10pm
December 28th: 9am-9pm
December 29th: 8am-10pm
December 30th: 8am-10pm
December 31st (New Year’s Eve): 8am-6pm
January 1st (New Year’s Day): Closed

Tulla

Super Valu:
December 24th (Christmas Eve): 7am-5:30pm
December 25th (Christmas Day): Closed
December 26th (St Stephen’s Day): 10am-6pm
December 27th: 8am-6pm
December 28th: 7:30am-9pm
December 29th: 7:30am-9pm
December 30th: 7:30am-9pm
December 31st (New Year’s Eve): 8am-6pm
January 1st (New Year’s Day): 10am-6pm

Miltown Malbay

Super Valu:
December 24th (Christmas Eve): 7:30am-7pm
December 25th (Christmas Day): Closed
December 26th (St Stephen’s Day): Closed
December 27th: 9am-7pm
December 28th: 9am-7pm
December 29th: 8am-9pm
December 30th: 8am-9pm
December 31st (New Year’s Eve): 8am-7pm
January 1st (New Year’s Day): 10am-7pm

Ennistymon

Super Valu:
December 24th (Christmas Eve): 8am-6pm
December 25th (Christmas Day): Closed
December 26th (St Stephen’s Day): Closed
December 27th: 8am-10pm
December 28th: 8am-10pm
December 29th: 8am-10pm
December 30th: 8am-10pm
December 31st (New Year’s Eve): Closed
January 1st (New Year’s Day): 8am-6pm

Aldi:
December 24th (Christmas Eve): 8am-7pm
December 25th (Christmas Day): Closed
December 26th (St Stephen’s Day): Closed
December 27th: 8am-9pm
December 28th: 8am-10pm
December 29th: 8am-9pm
December 30th: 8am-9pm
December 31st (New Year’s Eve): 8am-7pm
January 1st (New Year’s Day): Closed

Shannon

Dunnes Stores:
December 24th (Christmas Eve): 7am-6pm
December 25th (Christmas Day): Closed
December 26th (St Stephen’s Day): Closed
December 27th: 9am-7pm
December 28th: 9am-6pm
December 29th: 9am-7pm
December 30th: 9am-7pm
December 31st (New Year’s Eve): 8am-7pm
January 1st (New Year’s Day): 11am-7pm

Tesco:
December 24th (Christmas Eve): 7am-7pm
December 25th (Christmas Day): Closed
December 26th (St Stephen’s Day): 10am-6pm
December 27th: 8am-10pm
December 28th: 8am-10pm
December 29th: 8am-11pm
December 30th: 8am-11pm
December 31st (New Year’s Eve): 8am-8pm
January 1st (New Year’s Day): 10am-6pm

Kilrush

Tesco:
December 24th (Christmas Eve): 7am-7pm
December 25th (Christmas Day): Closed
December 26th (St Stephen’s Day): Closed
December 27th: 8am-10pm
December 28th: 8am-10pm
December 29th: 8am-11pm
December 30th: 8am-11pm
December 31st (New Year’s Eve): 8am-8pm
January 1st (New Year’s Day): Closed

Super Valu:
December 24th (Christmas Eve): 7am-6pm
December 25th (Christmas Day): Closed
December 26th (St Stephen’s Day): Closed
December 27th: 7am-6pm
December 28th: 7:30am-6pm
December 29th: 7am-6pm
December 30th: 7am-6pm
December 31st (New Year’s Eve): 7am-6pm
January 1st (New Year’s Day): 7:30am-6pm

Aldi:
December 24th (Christmas Eve): 8am-7pm
December 25th (Christmas Day): Closed
December 26th (St Stephen’s Day): Closed
December 27th: 8am-9pm
December 28th: 8am-10pm
December 29th: 8am-9pm
December 30th: 8am-9pm
December 31st (New Year’s Eve): 8am-7pm
January 1st (New Year’s Day): Closed

Killaloe

Super Valu:
December 24th (Christmas Eve): 7am-7pm
December 25th (Christmas Day): Closed
December 26th (St Stephen’s Day): Closed
December 27th: 10am-6pm
December 28th: 10am-6pm
December 29th: 10am-6pm
December 30th: 10am-6pm
December 31st (New Year’s Eve): 8am-8pm
January 1st (New Year’s Day): 10am-7pm

Aldi:
December 24th (Christmas Eve): 8am-7pm
December 25th (Christmas Day): Closed
December 26th (St Stephen’s Day): Closed
December 27th: 8am-9pm
December 28th: 8am-10pm
December 29th: 8am-9pm
December 30th: 8am-9pm
December 31st (New Year’s Eve): 8am-7pm
January 1st (New Year’s Day): Closed

 

 

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