Weekend Travel

Dublin

Dublin

Work on the Rathfarnham QBC will affect traffic on Clanbrassil Street Upper, Harold's Cross Road, Terenure Road North and Rathfarnham Road.

Essex Street West is closed.

Swords Road, Upper and Lower Drumcondra Road, Dorset Street, Collins Avenue and Larkhill Road will all experience traffic delays due to the laying of cables, which will also affect one lane along Church Street, North King Street, Parkgate Street, St Pappins Road and Conyngham Road.

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Relining the sewers under O'Connell Street will reduce traffic to three lanes northbound during the day and two lanes southbound at night.

Wicklow

Due to work on the Avoca Bridge, the WoodenbridgeRathdrum road is closed to the junction with Station Road in Avoca.

Kildare

Major delays expected on the N9 between Crookstown and Ballitore. Traffic one way southbound on the N7 in Monasterevin.

Mayo

Spencer Street in Castlebar is closed. Delays on the N17 at Claremorris Town Centre due to roadworks.

Cork

Major disruption as Summerhill North remains closed to inbound traffic. Citybound traffic diverted via Wellington Road and Hardwick Street. Dean Street and Parnell Place are closed to traffic.

Aer Rianta

An additional 40 flights to and from Birmingham have been added to the normal schedule between March 13th and 17th to cater for punters travelling to Cheltenham. Over 138,000 passengers are expected to pass through Dublin Airport this weekend. Passengers are advised to allow sufficient time to comply with security regulations.

Iarnrod Eireann

Services between Mallow and Tralee will be disrupted from Monday morning until Friday evening, with alterations to timetables. Departure times between Tralee and Banteer will be 20 minutes earlier than in the current timetable. Some details courtesy of AA Roadwatch

Road Deaths

There were six deaths on Irish roads this week. This brings the total this year to 82.