Christmas Shop Opening hours

mike kelly

Can anyone tell me what the opening hours of shops over the Christmas period are? Specifically 23 and 24 December? Also, any shops of any kind open on Christmas day?

The odd petrol station and chemist might be open on Christmas day - not much else.

Some shops will be open late in the week before Christmas but most will close about 5 (or before it) on Christmas eve.

ErnieBert

Almost all shops are open late Christmas week. Some open til 8pm or 9pm and others will open later such as Debenhams and M&S etc. On Christmas Eve, a lull sets in soon after 3pm and many shops are gone by 4pm except for the usual suspects Multi Nationals who suck the goodness out of it by closing at 6pm

Tommy Browns AKA Brown Thomas are reopening on St Stephen's Day at 9am. I heard that staff are delighted to have a job but are resentful towards the faceless decision makers.

Mrs OBumble

Deleted User wrote: »

The odd petrol station and chemist might be open on Christmas day - not much else.

Petrol stations only I think: the Texaco on the docks opened last year, expect it will this year too.

thesandeman

Gala on Prospect Hill usually stay open Christmas Day.
MORE IMPORTANTLY!! For anyone new to Galway: Almost all pubs in the City close the doors by 6 on Xmas Eve and Galway is a GhostTown by 10. The only town in Ireland where this happens btw.

zuroph

thesandeman wrote: »

Gala on Prospect Hill usually stay open Christmas Day.
MORE IMPORTANTLY!! For anyone new to Galway: Almost all pubs in the City close the doors by 6 on Xmas Eve and Galway is a GhostTown by 10. The only town in Ireland where this happens btw.

Same in limerick.

Mrs OBumble

thesandeman wrote: »

Gala on Prospect Hill usually stay open Christmas Day.
MORE IMPORTANTLY!! For anyone new to Galway: Almost all pubs in the City close the doors by 6 on Xmas Eve and Galway is a GhostTown by 10. The only town in Ireland where this happens btw.

Most churches are opening up, though

The pubs, btw, won't be open again until about 4pm on Stephen's Day. This disruption to alcohol supply is a source of major stress to most people, and it's often recommended that you start planning to lay in emergency supplies around about now, to be sure, to be sure.

jenno86

JustMary wrote: »

Most churches are opening up, though

The pubs, btw, won't be open again until about 4pm on Stephen's Day. This disruption to alcohol supply is a source of major stress to most people, and it's often recommended that you start planning to lay in emergency supplies around about now, to be sure, to be sure.

desaparecidos

jenno86 wrote: »

That's how Irish people talk.

mike kelly

so on the evening of the 23, shops will be open until 9, is that right?

ErnieBert

mike kelly wrote: »

so on the evening of the 23, shops will be open until 9, is that right?

YES

toadfly

Smyths is open til 11pm every weekday until the 23rd.

Mrs OBumble

desaparecidos wrote: »

That's how Irish people talk.

Or non-Irish people taking the p*ss about the trauma associated with alcohol deprivation.

magentas

shops in the eyre square centre were asked if they want to open on St. Stephens Day, they're having a vote on it.

so stupid, surely there's enough over-hyped commercialism in the run up to christmas, only two black/non shopping days in the whole year but apparently that's not enough

I'm sure nobody wants to work the morning after Christmas either!
I wonder would people actually support this greed by going into town and shopping on st. stephens day?

moonflower

magentas wrote: »

shops in the eyre square centre were asked if they want to open on St. Stephens Day, they're having a vote on it.

so stupid, surely there's enough over-hyped commercialism in the run up to christmas, only two black/non shopping days in the whole year but apparently that's not enough

I'm sure nobody wants to work the morning after Christmas either!
I wonder would people actually support this greed by going into town and shopping on st. stephens day?

I'm working in Penney's in the Eyre Square Centre and there's signs up inside saying we'll be open on Stephan's day, so I assume the centre will be opening.

Seems a little stupid to me, people only go shopping on Stephan's day to get at the sales in Next and Brown Thomas and them, the places with decent post-christmas sales, it's not anywhere in the centre is known for having good sales.