Some supermarkets are encouraging shoppers to come alone in order to limit the amount of people inside at once.
No supermarket in Ireland is openly denying people access if they are in groups but they do encourage shopping on your own.
These are the current rules for families and couple entering in Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Supervalu and Dunnes Stores in Ireland.
Tesco
Tesco are asking customers to adhere to 'one trolley one person' in store, where possible.
They recognise that this is not always possible, and where customers need to come to stores with their family, or other people in their care, they will adopt a common-sense approach.
Aldi
They want one person per family as much as possible.
Aldi said where possible and in order to help with social distancing, they are encouraging all customers to try and reduce the number of family members they bring with them into stores.
They fully appreciate that this is not possible for all of our customers but would encourage it, wherever possible.
In order to help with social distancing, they are encouraging all customers to try and reduce the number of family members they bring with them into our stores.
Children are not banned from Aldi stores.
Lidl
Lidl Ireland says it does "not have any policies in place to prevent families shopping together, as long as they are respecting the above measures and maintaining social distance."
A Lidl spokesperson said the supermarket has put a slew of measures – including perspex till guards, face masks and queue management systems – in place to protect customers' safety.
"We recognise that for a variety of reasons, not everyone is in a position to shop alone," the supermarket said.
Supervalu
They said: "We ask you to please be considerate in the way you shop and buy only what you need, it helps everyone."
They are limiting numbers shopping in store at any one time.
Dunnes Stores
Dunnes Stores has designated shopping hours between 11.00am and 1pm daily for elderly customers (70+), or those who have any health issues that make them vulnerable.
They ask customers to avoid coming to the store during these hours and to shop at other times.
