2 weeks Ago By [email protected] (Anita McSorley)
The St Patrick's Day bank holiday weekend is underway, bringing a buzz to towns and cities across Ireland with both locals and tourists alike gearing up to celebrate the country's most iconic national holiday. This year, St Patrick’s Day falls on Monday, March 17, giving many people a long weekend to enjoy parades, parties and traditional festivities. With celebrations in full swing, anyone planning to stock up on food, drink and essentials should be aware that many supermarkets are operating at reduced hours over the holiday period.
Several major retailers have confirmed changes to their opening times, with some stores closing earlier than usual on St Patrick’s Day itself. To avoid any last-minute surprises, it's best to check ahead before heading out to your local store. Supermarkets are also expected to be busier than usual over the bank holiday weekend.
Aldi has predicted that Saturday will be the busiest shopping day, and has pinpointed the hours 8am - 10am and 7pm - 10pm as those likely to be quietest for those looking to avoid crowds. Meanwhile shoppers are being reminded about Ireland's unique alcohol licensing laws that apply nationwide on St Patrick’s Day . While alcohol is usually available from 10.
30am on Mondays, the sale of alcohol is delayed until 12.30pm every March 17. Therefore supermarkets are only permitted to sell alcohol between 12.
30pm and 10pm on St Patrick’s Day - two hours later than usual. To help you plan ahead, here’s everything you need to know about Lidl, Dunnes, SuperValu, Aldi and Tesco's opening hours over the St Patrick's Day bank holiday weekend. Lidl Lidl is expected to be open from 9am to 9pm on St Patrick’s Day, which is their usual Sunday opening hours.
The supermarket usually operates its Sunday hours on bank holidays. The typical opening hours for bank holiday weekends are: You can check your local store here . Dunnes Dunnes Stores will be operating as normal on Saturday and Sunday, while many will follow their usual Sunday opening hours on St Patrick’s Day.
For the most part, Dunnes Stores shops are open from 8am until 9pm Saturday, then on Sunday from 9am until 8pm. However, these vary greatly from store to store so you can check out the official website for more information on your local supermarket. SuperValu Supervalu stores operate individual opening hours, but many are expected to follow their usual Sunday hours on St Patrick’s Day.
This will vary depending on location so customers are advised to check the official SuperValu website here for their local store's opening hours. Aldi All Aldi stores across Ireland operate their Sunday opening hours on bank holidays, which is 9am until 9pm. A spokesperson confirmed this will happen this weekend.
However, customers are advised to check details of local opening hours on ALDI’s website as some stores’ hours may vary slightly. A spokesperson confirmed the following stores will operate different hours on St Patrick's Day: Swords, Laytown, Dunshaughlin and Mulhuddart. Tesco The opening hours of Tesco shops across Ireland vary and this will be the same across the St Patrick's Day bank holiday weekend.
It is expected that stores will operate their usual hours on Saturday and Sunday, and their Sunday hours on St Patrick’s Day. Customers are advised to check with their local store on the online locater here for exact times across the weekend. Sign up to our horse racing newsletter here to get news direct to your inbox.
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