Penneys reopening on 1st December

Penneys will re-open its stores in Ireland on Tuesday, 1st December with extended trading hours in all stores, to cater for the anticipated higher customer demand ahead of the festive season and to help safely reduce queues by spreading shopping hours over a longer period of time.

Penneys stores located in city centres and in major shopping centres will trade until 10.00pm on weekdays, and stores on main streets in towns across Ireland and in town shopping centres will trade until 9.00pm on weekdays. Penneys stores in Dundrum Town Centre and Blanchardstown Centre will open at 7.00am on Wednesday 2nd, December and trade right through to closing time on Thursday, 3rd December.

"Nothing matters more to Penneys than the safety and wellbeing of its employees and customers and in line with government guidance, all stores continue to have extensive safety measures in place. This includes strict social distancing protocols, limits on the number of customers allowed in store, hand sanitisation stations on entry, Perspex screens or cubicles at tills, the use of face masks in-store and increased in-store cleaning"

Penneys CEO, Paul Marchant, said: “We are delighted to re-open our stores in Ireland on 1st December with longer shopping hours to give our customers more time to safely do their festive shopping. We have everything this season that our customers expect from Penneys, including our famous Christmas jumpers, festive pyjamas and much, much more. All of our extensive safety measures remain in place to help ensure shopping at Penneys is an enjoyable, safe experience for everyone.”

Store closing times can be found below.

Throughout December, Penneys stores will trade to a minimum of 9.00pm on weekdays:

Town Centre (main streets) stores will trade until 9.00pm

Stores: Dun Laoghaire, Wexford, Sligo, Drogheda, Newbridge, Clonmel, Ballina, Killarney

Town Shopping Centre stores will trade until 9.00pm:

Stores: Navan, Mullingar, Portlaoise, Ennis, Letterkenny, Galway Shopping Centre, Kilkenny, Santry, Artane, Tralee, Castlebar, Longford, Athlone, Dundalk, Carlow

Until 9.30pm: Limerick-Dooradoyle