Weekend Travel

Dublin

Dublin

Work on the quality bus corridor at Swords will reduce traffic to one lane southbound along Gracepark Road, between Collins and Griffith Avenues. Beaumont Road, Upper and Lower Drumcondra Road also affected.

Traffic reduced to one lane in Fleet Street between Bedford Row and Westmoreland Street.

Drainage work in Jervis Street at the Mary Street junction will reduce traffic to one lane.

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St Andrew Street closed at junction with Church Lane to Trinity Street. Traffic from Suffolk Street diverted to Dame and Trinity Streets. Crane Lane closed throughout week. There is no access from Essex Street East to Dame Street; traffic must use Parliament Street.

Westmeath

Roadworks on N4 for 5 km stretch between Mullingar and Kinnegad.

Kildare

Roadworks resume on the N7 in Monasterevin. One-way traffic southbound only.

An alternative route will operate along the Portlaoise bypass. Traffic to divert through Stradbally and Athy to join up with M9.

Limerick

Roadworks on N24 between Beary's Cross and Grange Cross. Howley's Quay, Harvey's Quay and Honan's Quay closed to northbound traffic.

Cork

Summerhill North closed to in-bound traffic. City-bound traffic diverted via Wellington Road and Hardwick Street. Major disruption expected. Dean Street closed to through traffic. Parnell Place closed to traffic.

Major trench excavations to affect Thomas Davis Street, Blackpool (Glenhall area).

Roscommon

Major delays on N61 between Athlone and Roscommon town at Hodson Bay.

Iarnrod Eireann

Seven special trains will operate for the Ireland-Italy rugby match at Lansdowne Road (kick-off 4 p.m.): Limerick-Dublin 08.00, returns 19.20 (regular Limerick-Dublin 08.00 deferred to 08.10); Cork-Dublin 08.50, returns 19.40; Belfast-Dublin 08.30, returns 18.45; Belfast-Dublin 09.40, returns 19.35; Belfast-Dublin 10.40, returns 19.45; Belfast-Dublin 11.00, returns 20.00; Dundalk-Dublin 11.27, returns 19.05.

Regular Kildare-Dublin 11.00 deferred to 11.05. Regular Dublin-Kildare 19.40 deferred to 19.55. Regular Dublin-Drogheda 19.12 deferred to 19.15. Regular Dublin-Dundalk 18.45 extended to Belfast.

DART

15.01 and 15.21 leaving Connolly for Lansdowne Road; 18.04 and 18.06 return.

Some details courtesy of AA Roadwatch

Road Deaths

There were 11 deaths on Irish roads during the past week. This brings the total this year to 74.