Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) has announced a new symbol system for Emergency Diversions on the M50

Incidents are a major contributor to commuter delays with about 120 incidents occurring in a typical month on the M50, over half of them during rush hour traffic.

Serious incidents require the involvement of many different agencies including An Garda Síochána, Dublin Fire Brigade, the four Dublin Local Authorities, TII and the Motorway Traffic Control Centre. The various agencies involved came together in 2015 to form the Interagency Incident Coordination Group (IICG).  The IICG convenes in the event of a major incident so that the decision makers from each agency can coordinate a combined multiagency response.

“The incident response service involving all agencies is on call 24/7/365. This emergency diversion signage will assist in mitigating the impact of a major incident but not eliminate time delays.” Sean O’Neill

Currently symbols are in place from J4 (Ballymun)–J5 (Finglas), J5 (Finglas) -J6 (Blanchardstown) and J7 (Liffey Valley) - J9 (Red Cow). 

In the coming months the entire M50 will have a diversion route identified that will include J3 (at the M1 merge) to J17 (at the M11 merge), except for J6 (Blanchardstown) to (Liffey Valley) where no suitable alternative route exists.

Each symbol correlates to a specified diversion.  (See symbols below).

Diversion maps can be found the following links:

Northbound Diversion Routes 

Southbound Diversion Routes 

Agreement with the relevant Local Authorities is currently being finalised for additional junctions and signage will be completed for the critical sections by the end of the year.

Electronic signs on the M50 will be used to inform drivers when diversions are in place and each diversion route will be indicated by a specific symbol which drivers will be directed to follow.

26 water charges protests to take place in Dublin on Saturday

Water charge protesters will congregate in 26 locations across the city on Saturday morning/afternoon. It is expected some groups may then move towards the city centre and meet on the quays. The 26 locations are:

Dublin, Artane, 11am, Our Lady of Consolation Car Park.

Dublin, Dublin 15, Blanchardstown, various community demonstrations convening at the Blanchardstown town centre at 1pm. 

Dublin, Ballyfermot, 1pm Civic Centre, 

Dublin, Blanchardstown, Bank of Ireland, Blanchardstown Village, 1pm. 

Dublin, Cabra, 2pm Cabra Bingo Hall.

Dublin, Cabra, 2pm, Naomh Fionnbarra GAA Club

Dublin, Clondalkin, 2.30pm from County Council.

Dublin, Coolock, Stall Northside Shopping Centre

Dublin, Crumlin, 1pm Crumlin Shopping Centre.

Dublin, Donaghmede/Kilbarrack, 11:30am, Donaghmede Shopping Centre.

Dublin, Donnybrook, 1pm, Beechill.

Dublin, Donnycarney, Stall at Donnycarney Church.

Dublin, Drimnagh, 1pm Galtymore Shops.

Dublin, Dun Laoghaire, 1pm Glasthule Dart. 

Dublin, Dundrum, 2pm, Dundrum Luas Bridge

Dublin, Finglas, 11.30am Cappagh House / 1pm outside Bank of Ireland Finglas Village,

Dublin, Greenhills (D12), Greenhills Church, 1:30pm.

Dublin, Harolds Cross, 1pm.

Dublin, Lucan, 2pm, Lucan Community Centre.

Dublin, North Inner City, 12 noon, Meet at Five Lamps, North Strand.

Dublin, Pearse Street, 1pm, Erne St Post Office

Dublin, Rialto, 12:30pm, Ardee St/Cork St.

Dublin, Ringsend, 12:30 Ringsend Library. 

Dublin, Tallaght, 11am Dominican St. Mary's Priory Tallaght. 

Dublin, Walkinstown, 1:30pm, Lidl, Walkinstown Avenue.

Dublin, York Street, Dublin 2 at 1pm

Top 5 1/2 Ways To Ease Your Daily Commute

With traffic volumes up across the city, everyone is experience longer journeys to and from work. There's a couple of simple things we can all do as drivers to make life a little easier not just for ourselves but for others.

1. Take a Rain Check.
Weather is one of the main variables that affects traffic. Check the weather forecast the night before and leave yourself extra time if necessary (around 45 minutes on a very wet day). On wet days less people use public transport and drivers, rightly, leave more space between each other. The knock on effect is that this extends queues and making it harder to get though traffic lights.

2. Keep An Eye On What's Happening In The City.
Everyone loves a gig, except when you get caught in traffic on the way there! If there's a big event happening in the city, familiarise yourself with which routes are likely to be affected. For example, when there's an event in the 3ARENA traffic tends to be heavier on the approaches from East Link and the North Quays. Taking the North Circular Road or the Malahide Road are both good options to avoid these delays.

3. The Most Direct Route Isn't Always The Quickest Route.
When planning your commute, keep in mind that there are generally multiple ways to get from A to B. On Live Drive, as well as reporting on the main arteries in and out of the city, we always keep a close eye on the smaller, less popular alternatives and may advise taking one of them based on the traffic. As a rule of thumb, perhaps learn three routes that you could feasibly take to give you wiggle room depending on the traffic. Constantly getting stuck on the canal every evening? Why not try taking Adelaide Rd and down to Leonard's Corner via Harrington St/South Circular Road? Geographically less direct, but generally better moving.

4. Avoid Rubbernecking.
This is a particular problem on the M50. While its tempting to slow down when you spot a collision off to the side of the road (particularly when there's flashing lights), all this does is slow down traffic (sometimes severely). The best (and safest) course of action if it isn't affecting any of your lanes is to keep your eyes on the road and let Emergency Services do their job.

5. Merge With Care.
Indicating, merging and driving at a consistent speed all contribute to better traffic flow. With recent reports suggesting that the M50 is experiencing 29% rise in traffic volume from the boom years, smooth and safe merging is more vital than ever. While merging, don't forget to adjust your speed accordingly, find a suitable gap in the traffic, and indicate in good time. If cars stayed in both lanes and merged at the very end one by one like a zipper, fewer lane changes are made which is safer and it reduces backlog. .

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Statement by Dublin City Council - Garth Brooks Concerts, Croke Park July 2014

Dublin City Council granted an Event Licence in respect of three Garth Brooks concerts to be held on Friday 25 July, Saturday 26 July and Sunday 27 July 2014. A condition of the Licence requires that an updated Event Management Plan be submitted by the promoter, which outlines any required changes associated with the granting of the three concerts under the Licence, including an updated production and works schedule. The updated Plan must be approved by the City Council.

Following a meeting this morning between Peter Aiken of Aiken Promotions and Owen Keegan, Chief Executive of Dublin City Council, the City Council has agreed to a proposal from Aiken Promotions designed to break the impasse that has arisen. Under the proposal the City Council will consider an updated Event Management Plan, to be submitted in accordance with the Licence, whereby the three concerts will proceed but the Saturday and Sunday concerts will start earlier to facilitate separate matinee audiences on these two days. This will allow everybody who bought a ticket to see Garth Brooks

The Council is satisfied that the event licensing procedure was applied correctly in this particular case by the City Council and that the decision reached was appropriate and balanced having regard to all the competing interests.

However, in response to the disappointment of ticket holders who purchased tickets in good faith for the cancelled Monday and Tuesday concerts and in light of concerns that these ticket holders could turn up on the other days creating security and public safety concerns the Council has agreed, following consultation with An Garda Siochana, to consider a revised Event Management Plan prepared on the basis outlined above.

Interested in Becoming an Official @giroditalia Marshal?

Do you want to get up close and personal with the Giro peloton? Be part of the Big Start and sign up to be an official Giro Marshal for the Republic of Ireland leg of Stage Three.

If you are interested in being part of the Giro and volunteering to be a Marshal, please complete the following survey, where you can either select the training day of your choice, or wait for a date and venue that is more suitable for you. Once you complete the training day you will be entered in a draw for a number of prizes.

SURVEY (https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/975JM6M)

The Giro d’Italia is a three week international stage race taking place in May, and this year Ireland has been selected as the host for the Grande Partenza, or the Big Start, which will take place from the 9-11th May. Two stages will be held in Northern Ireland, and the third stage starts in Armagh, before travelling through Louth, Meath and Dublin, finishing up in Merrion Square in Dublin City.

With over half a million spectators anticipated, this is a real opportunity for you to be at the heart of the action, acting as an official Giro marshal along the route.

Cycling Ireland is coordinating the marshals for final leg of the Giro journey, and will be offering marshal training and information to marshals over the coming weeks. Once trained up these marshals will receive an official endorsement on their licence from 2015, and will be able to avail of opportunities to marshal at other key events, like the European Marathon MTB Championships on the 14-15th June.

Please note that this event is open to both Cycling Ireland members and non-Cycling Ireland members. If none of the dates listed so far suit you, by registering your email address we will keep you updated with regard to upcoming venues and dates. If you have a group of a minimum of 20 interested people we can accommodate a specific training date for your group.

ESB will Release Water From Poulaphoca For The Coming Weeks

This is not going to put those living in Ringsend and along the Liffey at ease.

Due to the significant rainfall recently, the Poulaphouca reservoir waters levels have risen sharply.

Overnight, the level on Poulaphouca has risen  to 186.2m OD Poolbeg and is continuing to rise.

For the foreseeable future, the ESB will therefore be releasing water from Poulaphoca reservoir to reduce the level. 

As far as possible the ESB have stated that they will be releasing these waters so as not to coincide with floods in the middle Liffey and any high tide issues in Dublin. 

However, if the level continues to rise, continuous discharges could be required.

Overall, the levels of discharge from Poulaphouca will depend on rainfall over the next period, the level of the reservoir and the weather forecast.

The ESB is working in close co-operation with all the councils along the Liffey and is constant communication with them regarding water management on the Liffey.

As well as the weekly texts, ESB will be issuing more frequent texts updating the councils on the situation on the Liffey.

It is likely that this situation will persist for a number of weeks.

Book of Condolence for Nelson Mandela opens at Mansion House today

By request of the South African Ambassador to Ireland Jeremiah Ndou, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Oisín Quinn will make a Book of Condolence available for signing at the Mansion House, Dawson Street, to mark the passing of Nelson Mandela, from 2pm today, Friday 6th December.

“I am opening this Book of Condolence to allow the people of Dublin an opportunity to express their own feelings for the loss of Nelson Mandela, Freeman of Dublin. He was an inspirational man who delivered his nation from the dark days of apartheid to democracy through peaceful reconciliation.” said the Lord Mayor.

The Book will be available for signing as follows:

Friday, 6th December, 2013. 2pm – 5pm

Saturday, 7th December, 2013. 10am – 5pm

Sunday, 8th December, 2013. 10am – 5pm

On Monday 9th December the Book of Condolence will then be moved and opened at the South African Ambassador’s Residence at 20a Shrewsbury Road, Ballsbridge until Friday from 10:00 – 15:00.

Clean Up After Your Dog

A new survey highlights the extent of the dog litter problem in Dublin, so it's not just my shoes than have noticed the increase but everyone else as well!

Dubliners consider dog litter to be a bigger litter problem than cigarettes, gum or graffiti. And almost 4 in 10 dog owners in the capital don’t always clean up after their dog. These are just some of the findings from a new survey Dublin City Council has commissioned into litter in the capital.

The survey was conducted by Millward Brown between 28th August and 10th September 2013. It looked at Dubliners’ attitudes to litter and how they would like to see it tackled. The survey asked 400 people, including 136 dog owners, for their views.

Some interesting findings from the survey:

66% think dog litter is a problem
34% have a dog
89% feel dog owners should clean up after their dog
49% think the dog litter problem is getting worse
10% admit to rarely or never cleaning up after their dog

Survey results are available HERE

“The survey confirms what many people probably think – dog litter is perceived to be one of the city’s most significant litter problems and not enough dog owners are taking responsibility for it. Things can only improve when attitudes change. Our message is that not cleaning up after your dog is unacceptable and is a health hazard. Your dog is your responsibility so clean up after it”, says Hugh Coughlan of Dublin City Council’s Waste Management Services.

When it comes to enforcement, a majority of Dubliners, 57%, say fines are not sufficiently enforced. Only 26% feel dog litter fines are enforced enough.

Dublin City Council points out that while it does enforce dog litter byelaws the extent and nature of the problem mean litter wardens can only be one part of the solution. This is a view that the public generally are coming to share. 30% of those surveyed felt more education and awareness would improve the problem. Just 10% felt more wardens would be effective and only 2% called for new laws.

Dublin City Council released the survey to coincide with the launch of its new Public Awareness Campaign which is highlighting the extent and public health dangers of dog litter. The campaign is supported by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA). The campaign was launched in Merrion Square Park at 10am today 7th November.

Lifting of Water Restrictions.

Water Shut off in Dublin Region to be lifted from tonight – 7th November 2013.

Dublin City Council, on behalf of the four Dublin Local Authorities has announced that due to an increase in production at our Ballymore Eustace Water Treatment Plant, and improvements in storage at their treated water reservoirs, the water shutdowns and severe pressure reductions that have been in place since 30th October 2013, will be lifted from this evening.

Dublin City Council, on behalf of the four Dublin Local Authorities, wishes to thank customers across the entire Dublin region for their patience during the period of water restrictions, which they had to put in place over the past week. Due to the cooperation of all water users, they managed to save a significant amount of water and their regional strategic storage, which was at an extremely and unsustainably low level over the past week, has improved.

Storage at their treated water reservoirs is currently below the level it would normally be at this time of year. They will be keeping reduced water pressure in place in the evenings over the coming weeks, to gain additional treated water storage. This is normal practice at this time of year. This will enable them to plan ahead for the high demand Christmas season, and to cater for the difficulties that the onset of extremely cold weather at this time of year can bring. Water users should not be impacted by this reduced pressure and all users should receive a return of supply this evening.

According to Michael Phillips, Dublin City Engineer, “We will continue to review and monitor production at Ballymore Eustace and the levels at our treated water reservoirs on an ongoing basis. We strongly urge consumers all over the Dublin Region to help conserve water by restricting their use of water during the day as much as possible. By making very small adjustments to some of our daily activities, we can help to significantly reduce the volume of water we use without impacting on our lifestyle. I would encourage everyone to visit www.taptips.ie which provides easy to follow and valuable tips on how to conserve water. If all of our customers implement simple conservation measures, this would also significantly reduce the likelihood of future restrictions being implemented which could arise from extremely cold weather or from issues with water production.”

Dublin Nightly Water Restrictions will remain in place until next Monday

Due to the ongoing serious production problem at Ballymore Eustace Water Treatment Plant, Dublin City Council, on behalf of the four Dublin Local Authorities, is urging consumers all over the Dublin region to conserve water, in an effort to restore levels in our treated water reservoirs to normal.

Nightly restrictions, which are likely to lead to a loss of supply, will be put in place from tonight, Thursday 31st October from 8.00pm in the evening to 7am the following morning. Restrictions will remain in place until at least next Monday 4th November, and will be reviewed on a daily basis. This will assist us in replenishing treated drinking water levels to a normal level.

The reason for the restrictions is due to a serious production problem at our Ballymore Eustace Water Treatment Plant, which has caused a significant reduction in water production since last weekend. Prior to this, we had introduced reductions in water pressure during the night in an effort to replenish storage levels, but this did not achieve the desired effect. Dublin City Council engineers are continuing to work around the clock to identify the cause of the problem and to mitigate the effects, but as previously stated, it may take some time to completely resolve the issue. It should be stressed that there is no problem with the quality of treated drinking water or with storage levels of untreated/raw water.

In an effort to maintain storage of treated water at a sustainable level, we are continuing to ask consumers to help us in restoring adequate water supplies by restricting their use of water as much as possible. We are asking people to visit www.taptips.ie for easy water saving tips. We will be shutting off supply each night this week in order to conserve supplies. While we will make every effort possible to maintain pressures during peak demand periods, pressures will be reduced during the times indicated above. This will result in lower pressures and loss of supply across the entire Dublin region.

The four Dublin Local Authorities apologise for any inconvenience caused by these restrictions and will do everything possible to minimise their scale and duration. We are asking consumers bear with us while we work to restore the water supply to normal. The Dublin Local Authorities greatly appreciate the efforts people and businesses are making to conserve water.

The water restriction will not impact on Dublin Fire Brigade’s capacity to deal with any incidents which may arise on Halloween Night.

Vehicles over 4.65m high not permitted on Irish Roads from 1st November

Under national regulations 4.65 metres is the maximum height of any vehicle permitted on Irish Roads from 1st November 2013. This means that from that date Dublin City Council will no longer be permitted to issue transit permits for Heavy Goods Vehicles over 4.65 metres in height to transit the 5+ axle Cordon in Dublin city.

Statutory Instrument No.366 of the Road Traffic Regulations 2008 sets the maximum height of vehicles at 4.65 metres. A five year derogation period, from 2008, had been granted to operators of vehicles over 4.65 metres and this will end at midnight on 31st October. It has not been possible to register a vehicle greater than 4.65 metres in Ireland for the last five years.

Dublin City Council is currently using 30 VMS signs around the city to notify HGV drivers of the implementation date and has placed update information on www.hgv.ie which is the website used to apply for these transit permits.

Dublin Port Tunnel opened in December 2006. The tunnel was built to best international standards and has been an enormous success. It and the attendant HGV Management Strategy have taken approx 4,000 HGV trips per day out of the city centre. The HGV strategy prevents vehicles with five or more axles entering the Canal Cordon in the city centre from 07.00-19.00hrs between Monday and Sunday. The maximum height of any vehicle entering Dublin Port Tunnel is 4.65 metres and from 1st November this restriction will also apply to Irish roads generally.

When can bins be collected in Dublin?

Ok so we get a lot of questions about bin collection times, especially during rush hour. While bin companies tend to avoid these times as it just makes their jobs more difficult they are allowed to collect at this time in certain areas of the city.

Dublin City Council Bye-laws for the storage, presentation and collection of household waste 2013 Section 7 C 

An authorised waste collector shall only collect household waste or commercial waste outside the Central Commercial District on the  designated collection day between the hours of 6:00 am and 9:00pm Monday to Friday, and 8.00am to 8.00pm on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays, unless otherwise approved in writing by an appointed person.

and section 7 d

An authorised waste collector shall only collect household waste or commercial waste within the Central Commercial District on the designated collection day between the hours of 7.00pm to 12.00
midnight, unless otherwise approved in writing by an appointed person

In case you're wondering where the Central Commercial District is, this is it:

Effectively all this means that each company has had their route, day and time authorised by DCC. What we would like is that if you see a bin truck collecting household waste to send us in the company name, day, time and the location of the collection and we can see if they are authorized to collect there and then.

Casualty Reduction in Dublin

The Casualty Reduction Campaign which has been on the go in Ireland for the past 4 years and has been a great success in the past. However this year has seen an overall increase in fatalities in the Dublin region. At the moment 15 people have died on Dublin roads, an increase of 7 on this time last year.

The Casualty Reduction Implementation campaign for October and November is aimed at reducing deaths and serious injuries. The plan is a multi-agency plan which includes the Transport Authorities, Local Authorities and Transport Stakeholders. Each organisation is contributing in an effort to make our roads safer for all road users.

Key elements of the plan

A number of Districts, identified in the Plan, where increases in Fatal and Serious Injury Collisions have spiked, will receive particular attention.

Full use will be made of ANPR vehicles during this operation. An Garda Síochána Analysis Service has identified a direct correlation between incidents of fatal/serious injury collisions where a disproportionate amount of drivers involved have a criminal record.

Outlying Divisions, DMR West, North, South and East supported by DMR Traffic Division will provide high visibility and enforcement activity during peak hours 7am to 9.30am in the morning, Monday to Friday, as motorists enter inbound 50kph zones from High Volume Arterial Routes. Evening patrols will reverse this procedure, from 4pm to 7.30pm, concentrating from the inner Divisional limits on –outbound routes.

Inner City Divisions, DMR North Central, South Central and supported by DMR Traffic Division will provide high visibility and enforcement activity during peak hours in the evening, Monday to Friday, as motorists pass from 30kph and 50kph zones outbound towards High Volume Arterial Routes.

Special Road Safety Operations will be targeted at key offences which contribute to fatal and serious injury collisions;

These will consist of high visibility MAT checkpoints with a view to maximising the number of drivers breath tested and providing a strong deterrent during the October Bank Holiday Weekend

The Road Safety Unit will co-ordinate a series of interactive awareness locations to educate vulnerable road users.

Mountain Bike patrols and Segways will be utilised to target Road Traffic infringement by pedal cyclists (red light running etc).

3G ANPR/PUMA equipped marked and unmarked vehicles will be utilised to their full extent throughout the course of Casualty Reduction Implementation Plan and in tandem with operations.

The 50 kph speed limits is strictly enforced on inbound routes in the morning and outbound in the evenings paying particular attention to Public Service Vehicle’s and motorcycles using bus lanes.

LUAS Red Light Enforcement - Queen Street and Benburb Street

An Garda Síochána have identified the top ten locations for speeding in the Dublin areas, these locations in particular will receive targeted enforcement.

Here is the list of those 10 places, based on speeding enforcement, and the average speed (km/h) over the limit applying to that location.

Fingal County Council – Celbridge Road (21.6) and Cappagh Road Finglas (23.5)

South Dublin County Council – Naas Road (multiple locations ranging from 23.6 - 32.5), Ballycullen Road (27.8) and Dodder Park Road (26.7)

Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown County Council – Drummartin Link Road (26.8) and Temple Hill Blackrock (26.1)

Dublin City Council – Dublin Port Tunnel (24.6), Swords Road, Whitehall (28.4) and Wolfe Tone Quay (21.4)

Car vs Bike vs Bus

These pictures are taken from a webiste dedicated to cycling in Muenster Germany, and they're pretty interesting visual to the numbers.

* Bicycle: 72 people are transported on 72 bikes, which requires 90 square meters.
* Car: Based on an average occupancy of 1.2 people per car, 60 cars are needed to transport 72 people, which takes 1,000 square meters.
* Bus: 72 people can be transported on 1 bus, which only requires 30 square meters of space and no permanent parking space, since it can be parked elsewhere

Abnormal Load Movement

A exceptionally-sized vehicle will leave Dunnstown Substaion, Co. Kildare en route to the Dublin North Docks at 9 pm on Thursday 29th August 2013. The estimated time of arrival at the North Dublin Docks is 05.30 am on Friday, 30th August 2013.

The vehicle will be travelling along the following route within Dublin City Council’s administrative area 

It will enter Dublin City Council (DCC) Administrative area at M50/N32 roundabout, Continue onto the N32 ( to 2nd roundabout), Turn right onto the Grange Road and continue, Turn right/immediate left to Raheny Road, Turn left onto Howth Road, Turn right onto James Larkin Road/Clontarf Road. Turn Left onto Alfie Byrne Road, Turn Left onto East Wall Road, Continue on East Wall Road travelling contra flow onto Promenade Road, Enter Dublin Port

Traffic diversions will be in place along the route for the duration of the movement. Please use alternative routes when travelling in these areas. Parking restrictions will also be in place along the  route.

We love this!

Granby Park, A pop up park on Dominick St in Dublin, transforming an vacant lot into something for all to enjoy.

This is a little blurb from their site which you can go to HERE

Granby Park, is an urban, ‘pop-up’ park in a currently vacant site in Dublin’s inner city. It is made from up-cycled, recycled, donated and found material and features some of the city’s most talented artists, architects, performers, planners etc. It will have an outdoor cinema, a theatre made by kids from palettes, an education zone, exhibitions, a play area, a café, art installations, and lots, lots more!

Give them some support, love, cash, volunteer help out these are the little things that help change the city in a positive way. 

Bray Summer Fest Air Show

OK so summer fest has been going very well so far this year but it really kicks into another gear this Sunday when the Air Show takes to the skies.

This is set to be another major traffic boiling point for the summer. With the weather the way it is, and the festivals popularity growing each year you can expect 80 - 100,000 people possibly making their way to the seaside town.

So what do you need to know?

Firstly the road closures: 

Strand Rd in bray will be closed on Sunday 21st from 1 to 7 PM

Secondly the restrictions:

From 12 noon to 7pm on Sunday the 21st July 2013 only residents and businesses will have access to the area east of Main St and Vevay Road from Seapoint Road to Newcourt Road.

Access to Quinnsboro Road will be restricted to local residents and to those using the car park at Florence Road / Quinnsboro Road. 

Access to the car park at St Thomas’s School will be available via Novara Avenue. 

Parking Restrictions

From 7am on the 21st July 2013 parking will be restricted in the following areas:
Seapoint Road (Emergency Route)
Putland Road from Strand road to Sidmonton Road. (Emergency Route)
Meath Road (West Side from Putland Road to Convent Avenue)

Convent Avenue (East Side) from Sidmonton Road to Meath Road.

Public transport: DART, Dublin Bus and Finnegan’s Bray services who are running a shuttle bus service from car parks at Southern Cross Road, the Dell site and Presentation School on Putland Road. Buses will drop passengers off at Convent Avenue and will operate on a circuit from Southern Cross Road, Vevay Road, Putland Road, Meath Road, Convent Avenue, Sidmonton Road, Putland Road Vevay Road and Southern Cross Road. Pick up points after the event will be at Meath Road. .

Free Car Parking:

Florence Road Car Park
Presentation School, Putland Rd
St Thomas School on Novara Avenue
Holy Redeemer Church Car Park on Herbert Rd
Old Dell Site at Boghall Road / Vevay Road
Carisle Grounds, Seymour Road

Don't try an abandoning your car shenanigans as strict enforcement will be carried out throughout the town and the day.

Access Routes

To avoid traffic congestion at the northern end of the town before the event traffic approaching Bray from the M50M11 will be directed by signage to use the Bray South (Southern Cross Road) exit. J7

Traffic approaching Bray from the Greystones and Southern Cross Road will be directed via signage and barriers to park in the Presentation College on Putland Rd. Access down Newcourt Rd and Putland Road will be restricted to residents only.

Traffic coming into Bray town centre from Killarney Rd will be directed to car parks at the back of the Holy Redeemer Church Herbert Rd and at St Thomas’s School Novara Avenue.

Traffic coming into Bray for the air show from Castle Street will be directed to turn left on to Novara Avenue and park in St Thomas School.

Longitude Festival Traffic Info

OK so lots of you folks will be making your way to Longitude tomorrow and over the weekend in Marlay park. We personally hope you take public transport

There's a shuttle bus:
The shuttle bus will leave from Custom House Quay at 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, and 19:00.

The buses will return to the City Centre from 22:00 each day.

Return Tickets only being sold at €10 on the day or €9 for advanced online booking. http://www.marathonsportsbooking.ie/Tours/Marlay_Park_Coach_Service OR www.bushiredublin.net


Dublin Bus

These Dublin Bus routes serve the Grange Road entrances of Marlay Park immediately outside the concert site:

16

Airport / O’Connell Street to Grange Road

116

Burlington Road to Grange Road

161

Dundrum Road Luas Station to Grange Road


These Dublin Bus routes serve Ballinteer Shopping Centre approx. 15 minutes walk to the concert site:

14

Beaumont via Amiens Street to Ballinteer Shopping Centre

75

The Square Tallaght / Dun Laoghaire to Ballinteer Shopping Centre

If you MUST drive then

From Dublin city centre via Ranelagh, Clonskeagh, Goatstown, Sandyford, Grange Road and then onto College Road for car-parks.

From the M50 -

Option 1 - exit M50 at Junction 12 Interchange, signposted R823, Ballyboden.

Follow Scholarstown Road, Taylor’s Lane, turn right onto Whitechurch Road and then left onto College Road. Entrance to car-parks is off College Road.

Option 2 – exit M50 at Junction 13 Interchange (Dundrum).

Follow Brehonfield Road R133, direction Rathfarnham. Turn left at Naomh Eoin GAA Club onto R822 (signposted Ticknock). Turn right at traffic lights at Taylor’s Three Rock Pub onto College Road R113.

Entrance to car-parks is off College Road just be warned there is limited parking on site.

Family Tree Advice Day

So lets admit it, lot's of us want to trace our family tree but never do. If you, like me have always wanted to do this then come along to a series of Genealogy Open Days in the Dublin City Library and Archive on 26th July, 9th or 16th August.

You can meet and get advice on your research from genealogists, including John Grenham (author of Tracing your Irish Ancestors). Drop-in anytime between 10.30am and 4.30pm to get information and a free search on family history resources.

Various Irish genealogy organisations will have information stands at the open days and Dublin City Library and Archive will also showcase its array of family history resources.

It’s all free and a great opportunity for anyone, beginners, experts and tourists, to start exploring their family tree.

When:

Fridays, 26th July, 9th August and 16th August from 10.30am to 4.30pm

Where:

Dublin City Library and Archive (conference room), 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2

Barnardos Wedding Run 5km in Phoenix Park

Barnardos Wedding Run takes place on Saturday July 20th in Phoenix Park. It's fancy dress with a wedding theme so brides, grooms, hens, stags, flower girls, page boys, priests and uncle John will be the order of the day. You can register now or at 9 AM on the day, with the race beginning at 10 AM. It's 5 km so even the first-timers will make it to the line.

For those driving to the event or for those who frequent Phoenix park with their car, take note of the following:

Road Closures:

Chesterfield Av (Mountjoy to the Phoenix) - 9:30am - 1pm

Ordnance Survey Rd - 9:30am - 1pm

Upr Glen Rd - 9:30am - 1pm

Furry Glen - 9:30am - 1pm

Gate Closures:

Chapelizod Gate - 9am - 1pm

Ashtown Gate - 9am - 1pm

Castleknock gate - 9am - 1pm