Cork to Dublin

x in the city · 12-01-2011 12:46am #1

3 tolls, Km's of Motorway, lots of rest places (as in tarmac)

but zero filling stations, coffee shops, toilets, eateries...

is Ireland so prehistoric like this.. its 2011.

There would be $$$$$ to be made from anyone to open at least 2 huge outlets on that route

Rodin · 12-01-2011 12:49am

x in the city wrote: »

3 tolls, Km's of Motorway, lots of rest places (as in tarmac)

but zero filling stations, coffee shops, toilets, eateries...

is Ireland so prehistoric like this.. its 2011.

There would be $$$$$ to be made from anyone to open at least 2 huge outlets on that route

how far is urlingford off that motorway? a mile?
and before the third toll, i presume the m50, there are petrol stations off the naas rd
And as for prehistoric? that would be when the journey took 5-6 hours, stuck behind tractors and passing through every village along the way.
Now? Not one single village to pass through on the way.
And what do you want coffee shops and 'eateries' for?
Its only two hours!!!

si_guru · 12-01-2011 12:49am

x in the city wrote: »

3 tolls, Km's of Motorway, lots of rest places (as in tarmac)

but zero filling stations, coffee shops, toilets, eateries...

is Ireland so prehistoric like this.. its 2011.

There would be $$$$$ to be made from anyone to open at least 2 huge outlets on that route

Did Limerick to Dublin to Tralee on saturday - couldn't agree more!

FYI best stop currently is Roscrae - 2mins from M7 to Macdonald's or Centra - free toilet.

squod · 12-01-2011 12:50am

Look on the bright side. At least when you arrive in NAAS you're too fucking tired to bother to holler abuse at the idiots hogging the ''fast'' lane.

si_guru · 12-01-2011 12:52am

squod wrote: »

Look on the bright side. At least when you arrive in NAAS you're too fucking tired to bother to holler abuse at the idiots hogging the ''fast'' lane.

Thank you! I was thinking it was me being paranoid. There are 4 lanes too in places and they sit there in #3.

EPM · 12-01-2011 12:53am

Not really IMO. You can stop in portlaoise if you must but realistically it's a two and a little bit hour journey for most and if you start off with an empty tank you're brain dead. There's plenty of rest areas and a bottle of water will hold for a couple of hours I'm sure and if you're badly caught for a pdiddy either turn off or go in a rest area. Not ideal but...

biko · 12-01-2011 12:56am

At least there's one Applegreen on the Galway-Dublin road.

tommyhaas · 12-01-2011 1:12am

x in the city wrote: »

3 tolls, Km's of Motorway, lots of rest places (as in tarmac)

but zero filling stations, coffee shops, toilets, eateries...

is Ireland so prehistoric like this.. its 2011.

There would be $$$$$ to be made from anyone to open at least 2 huge outlets on that route

There's only 2 tolls if your going city centre to city centre, and there's about 250 petrol stations on the naas road, there's plenty of exits on the motorway with petrol stations (Johnstown, Littleton etc) close by, there's fcuk all traffic until you get to the Jack Lynch tunnel, I dont see what the problem is. I usually go off at Twomileborris, go to the petrol station, then go back on at the next junction, only about 10km down the road. Good to have a break from the motorway driving anyway

Johnstown in particular is good, the apple green there you get some food. At least by not having the UK style service stations it allows the smaller stations to stay in business

And its not like you have to use the toll roads. If things are that tight you can always go through Abbeyleix and Fermoy. If you want to avoid the M50 toll, well Dublin City is still open to traffic, turn off at Finglas or Blanch and head to the Naas road via Drimnagh

The Cork Dublin drive time has reduced dramatically in the last 6 or 7 years, I think its well work the €3.80

x in the city · 12-01-2011 1:13am

for any travellers coming from UK, Europe or the states is stinks of backward Irishness

come on now, lets get onto this exit and go to ballytwotownshandy and look for a toilet and some food...and about 30 mins later and maybe a bust suspension, buckled alloy, a near miss with a massey you might, just might have found a big mac and a toilet

of course most Irish accept it for what it is, you should NOT have to veer off a motorway into other towns for a piss, or some grub, or some petrol for that bad ass V6 you have under the bonnet.

x in the city · 12-01-2011 1:15am

tommyhaas wrote: »

There's only 2 tolls if your going city centre to city centre, and there's about 250 petrol stations on the naas road, there's plenty of exits on the motorway with petrol stations (Johnstown, Littleton etc) close by, there's fcuk all traffic until you get to the Jack Lynch tunnel, I dont see what the problem is. I usually go off at Twomileborris, go to the petrol station, then go back on at the next junction, only about 10km down the road. Good to have a break from the motorway driving anyway

Johnstown in particular is good, the apple green there you get some food. At least by not having the UK style service stations it allows the smaller stations to stay in business

And its not like you have to use the toll roads. If things are that tight you can always go through Abbeyleix and Fermoy. If you want to avoid the M50 toll, well Dublin City is still open to traffic, turn off at Finglas or Blanch and head to the Naas road via Drimnagh

The Cork Dublin drive time has reduced dramatically in the last 6 or 7 years, I think its well work the €3.80

€5.5 tbh

x in the city · 12-01-2011 1:16am

tommyhaas wrote: »

There's only 2 tolls if your going city centre to city centre, and there's about 250 petrol stations on the naas road, there's plenty of exits on the motorway with petrol stations (Johnstown, Littleton etc) close by, there's fcuk all traffic until you get to the Jack Lynch tunnel, I dont see what the problem is. I usually go off at Twomileborris, go to the petrol station, then go back on at the next junction, only about 10km down the road. Good to have a break from the motorway driving anyway

Johnstown in particular is good, the apple green there you get some food. At least by not having the UK style service stations it allows the smaller stations to stay in business

And its not like you have to use the toll roads. If things are that tight you can always go through Abbeyleix and Fermoy. If you want to avoid the M50 toll, well Dublin City is still open to traffic, turn off at Finglas or Blanch and head to the Naas road via Drimnagh

The Cork Dublin drive time has reduced dramatically in the last 6 or 7 years, I think its well work the €3.80

we know that dublin has loads of filling stations, try get your ass to cork or limerick and drive up on motorways to naas and see how it goes

tommyhaas · 12-01-2011 1:26am

x in the city wrote: »

we know that dublin has loads of filling stations, try get your ass to cork or limerick and drive up on motorways to naas and see how it goes

Well it would be pretty difficult to do the Cork Dublin drive without having been in Cork first

My point was that there are service stations near the motorway exits, even before you come on at the Jack Lynch tunnel, there's a petrol station on the Lower Glanmire Road if your coming from the City, and at least one off each of the two junctions on the South Ring Rd prior to the tunnel

bladebrew · 12-01-2011 1:28am

totally agree, i left cork on x-mas eve to go to north dublin, due to the weather my 3 hour journey went to 4.5 hours,
i stopped at the useless small garage on the naas road and they dont have a toilet, i have no idea what the grumpy guy behind the counter did when a toilet break was needed:eek:

leaving the motorway wasnt really an option considering most of the country was buried in snow,

tommyhaas · 12-01-2011 1:38am

x in the city wrote: »

€5.5 tbh

Thats if you use the M50 toll. Anyway, you're not being forced to use these toll roads, there are alternatives

bladebrew wrote: »

totally agree, i left cork on x-mas eve to go to north dublin, due to the weather my 3 hour journey went to 4.5 hours,
i stopped at the useless small garage on the naas road and they dont have a toilet, i have no idea what the grumpy guy behind the counter did when a toilet break was needed:eek:

leaving the motorway wasnt really an option considering most of the country was buried in snow,

In fairness, the snow is an exception, the country as a whole is totally unprepared

@ bladebrew & x in the city, yea can imagine that would be quiet frustrating. Iv stopped recently at a garage near Abbeyleix, the toilets were disguisting. Facilities of a decent standard definitely need to be provided at service stations

x in the city · 12-01-2011 1:42am

tommyhaas wrote: »

Thats if you use the M50 toll. Anyway, you're not being forced to use these toll roads, there are alternatives

In fairness, the snow is an exception, the country as a whole is totally unprepared

@ bladebrew & x in the city, yea can imagine that would be quiet frustrating. Iv stopped recently at a garage near Abbeyleix, the toilets were disguisting. Facilities of a decent standard definitely need to be provided at service stations

Its not using the M50

3 motorways between cork city and the end of the naas one

1.8 x 2 & 1.90

Rodin · 12-01-2011 1:44am

bladebrew wrote: »

totally agree, i left cork on x-mas eve to go to north dublin, due to the weather my 3 hour journey went to 4.5 hours,
i stopped at the useless small garage on the naas road and they dont have a toilet, i have no idea what the grumpy guy behind the counter did when a toilet break was needed:eek:

leaving the motorway wasnt really an option considering most of the country was buried in snow,

What you're doing taking three hours to go from Cork to Dublin I'll never know

Rodin · 12-01-2011 1:45am

x in the city wrote: »

Its not using the M50

3 motorways between cork city and the end of the naas one

1.8 x 2 & 1.90

Could you tell me the location of those three tolls that don't include the M50?

x in the city · 12-01-2011 1:46am

tommyhaas wrote: »

Well it would be pretty difficult to do the Cork Dublin drive without having been in Cork first

My point was that there are service stations near the motorway exits, even before you come on at the Jack Lynch tunnel, there's a petrol station on the Lower Glanmire Road if your coming from the City, and at least one off each of the two junctions on the South Ring Rd prior to the tunnel

dude, you are missing the point here

I am not talking inter city filling stations, its the ones (or lack of) along M routes....

zero, zilch... f**k all!!

there should be no need to go to god knows where along exits for petrol and many would be not open late also..

this is the sort of backward $hit that people in Ireland have to face

Maybe there is a niche market

X IN THE CITY ZONE!!!

Piss, all you can eat and fill that v8 bitch right up man!

actually scratch that, the general lack of a decent jax in any filling station is pretty sad!

can somone else confirm that its 3 tolls from cork to the last one on the naas road.

i paid 3..!

Absurdum · 12-01-2011 1:48am

Rodin wrote: »

What you're doing taking three hours to go from Cork to Dublin I'll never know

he did say North Dublin...

Rodin · 12-01-2011 1:50am

Absurdum wrote: »

he did say North Dublin...

Is he including Drogheda?
Sure Newry is only 3 hr 15

x in the city · 12-01-2011 1:52am

how fast do you drive, 90mph constant?

Absurdum · 12-01-2011 1:53am

Rodin wrote: »

Is he including Drogheda?
Sure Newry is only 3 hr 15

Dunkettle RA to Citywest is bang on 2 hours if you stick within the speed limit, it can easily take another hour to get to somewhere on the northside from there.

Rodin · 12-01-2011 1:54am

x in the city wrote: »

how fast do you drive, 90mph constant?

225 miles in 3hrs 15
I'll let you work out the average speed

Rodin · 12-01-2011 1:55am

Absurdum wrote: »

Dunkettle RA to Citywest is bang on 2 hours if you stick within the speed limit, it can easily take another hour to get to somewhere on the northside from there.

Rubbish.
Its not 240 km from Dunkettle to Citywest

tommyhaas · 12-01-2011 2:03am

x in the city wrote: »

dude, you are missing the point here

I am not talking inter city filling stations, its the ones (or lack of) along M routes....

zero, zilch... f**k all!!

there should be no need to go to god knows where along exits for petrol and many would be not open late also..

this is the sort of backward $hit that people in Ireland have to face

Maybe there is a niche market

X IN THE CITY ZONE!!!

Piss, all you can eat and fill that v8 bitch right up man!

actually scratch that, the general lack of a decent jax in any filling station is pretty sad!

can somone else confirm that its 3 tolls from cork to the last one on the naas road.

i paid 3..!

Are you sure you didnt just but the Evening Herald off that lad at Newlands Cross and confuse it with a toll???

Red Cow to Jack Lynch, there's only two tolls

Johnstown, Littleton, Portlaois. They're all petrol stations along the M roads. Agreed, they may not be 24hr (dont know whether they are of arnt)

Rodin · 12-01-2011 2:05am

tommyhaas wrote: »

Are you sure you didnt just but the Evening Herald off that lad at Newlands Cross and confuse it with a toll???

Red Cow to Jack Lynch, there's only two tolls

Johnstown, Littleton, Portlaois. They're all petrol stations along the M roads. Agreed, they may not be 24hr (dont know whether they are of arnt)

Applegreen in Urlingford has 24h fuel. Shop and toilet closes about 10
As I said before, it is only two hours!
Wouldn't want it to be like Dublin to Dundalk which has TWO service areas in both directions

Absurdum · 12-01-2011 2:05am

Rodin wrote: »

Rubbish.
Its not 240 km from Dunkettle to Citywest

sorry, it's 236 :rolleyes:

tommyhaas · 12-01-2011 2:08am

Rodin wrote: »

Applegreen in Urlingford has 24h fuel. Shop and toilet closes about 10
As I said before, it is only two hours!
Wouldn't want it to be like Dublin to Dundalk which has TWO service areas in both directions

I think I might be confusing Johnstown with Urlingford

Rodin · 12-01-2011 2:10am

tommyhaas wrote: »

I think I might be confusing Johnstown with Urlingford

Off the slip road, around two roundabouts then left for Johnstown, right for Urlingford

Urlingford has 3 fuel stations

x in the city · 12-01-2011 2:25am

Rodin wrote: »

Off the slip road, around two roundabouts then left for Johnstown, right for Urlingford

Urlingford has 3 fuel stations

you might want to get out of the big smoke a while and go down south and count the huge array of splendid 24h filling stations...:rolleyes:

Rodin · 12-01-2011 2:36am

x in the city wrote: »

you might want to get out of the big smoke a while and go down south and count the huge array of splendid 24h filling stations...:rolleyes:

Urlingford has 24h fuel.

It is roughly half way on the Cork to Dublin trip. You complained there was nowhere to stop for fuel (why you dont fill up before you leave I dont know) and I just provided you with a place. 2.5km off the motorway.
And its a proper village, not just a service station.

I think you're just moaning for the sake of it. You probably want a station every mile.

poker--addict · 12-01-2011 2:57am

I have travelled up and down from shannon to meath several times late at night. often wrecked tired after long final shift, hungry and sometimes dying for a leek

Athlone that is only proper motorway stop(1/2 mile off)...and only by accident not by planning. Ballinsloe also has a 24 hour shop..but i can only go in there because i know it has one..many would not.
Also you often see the next exit sign and the town sign with the symbols like fuel, knife and fork, info etc... there should be a seperate symbol for "24 hour fuel"-saving pointless diversions.

Drove across england on saturday, lots of signs telling you how far next stop is and even the stop after that.Also tell you which food place(BK,KFC,Mac Donalds, Starbucks,Costa) so you can decide to go to next one.:p

not like it cost goverment anything...these stops are gold mines.

people mentioned nass road...pointless your practically at end of journey then.Needs be down middle of country. Same with new M1 service station..its practically in Dub.

Last but not least, proper stops I am sure could save lives.

omega666 · 12-01-2011 3:00am

Rodin wrote: »

Urlingford has 24h fuel.

It is roughly half way on the Cork to Dublin trip. You complained there was nowhere to stop for fuel (why you dont fill up before you leave I dont know) and I just provided you with a place. 2.5km off the motorway.
And its a proper village, not just a service station.

I think you're just moaning for the sake of it. You probably want a station every mile.

tbh i agree with x in the city, it stupid they could not have put at least 1 proper service station on the motorway, Half way or something.
Not only for fuel, but for families with young kids to take a break, a cup of coffee, car maintenance etc...
Having to leave the motorway and find the nearest villiage pump is unacceptable
on a brand new road.

poker--addict · 12-01-2011 3:09am

rodin guess you never did the journey tired with a car full of kids!!:P

sean1141 · 12-01-2011 3:12am

portlaoise is pretty handy. the midway hotel or whatever its called now is only 30 seconds off the motorway. few different places to get grub in it. large area to sit down. loads of parking. also a petrol station a few hundred meters down the road..

there is also a 24hour petrol station/centra in the town

Rodin · 12-01-2011 4:05am

poker--addict wrote: »

rodin guess you never did the journey tired with a car full of kids!!:P

Tired? Yes. Many times. Belfast to Cork most weekends. Kids? No.

Rodin · 12-01-2011 4:07am

poker--addict wrote: »

I have travelled up and down from shannon to meath several times late at night. often wrecked tired after long final shift, hungry and sometimes dying for a leek

Last but not least, proper stops I am sure could save lives.

If you're that tired, that you need to stop to rest, you should be pulling in anywhere. Personally, I find Urlingford great.
And again, it is only two hours. Its not driving the length of France.

cooltown · 12-01-2011 4:25am

The service station and McDonalds are meant to opening late April early May at Cashel.

poker--addict · 12-01-2011 4:30am

agreed rodin..however motorways are not safe places to pull in anywhere if tired..or even to hop out for a leek.
They look safe and you would think it safe but there is a reason in other countries there is a cop or recovery vechicle out to a car within minutes of it been seen in hard shoulder.
The man who died outside Navan before Christmas in low vis after his car broke down is proof motorways are not safe places to breakdown/stop.

Its illegal to piss/stop on side of motorway yet they dont build us service stations

The foregin trucker/tourist or even the granpa from leitrim may not know of Urlingford/Portlaoise 24 hour shops.

Cost nothing to build these places, Macdonald would probably pay for the slip road.

AugustusMinimus · 12-01-2011 10:08am

bladebrew wrote: »

totally agree, i left cork on x-mas eve to go to north dublin, due to the weather my 3 hour journey went to 4.5 hours,
i stopped at the useless small garage on the naas road and they dont have a toilet, i have no idea what the grumpy guy behind the counter did when a toilet break was needed:eek:

leaving the motorway wasnt really an option considering most of the country was buried in snow,

Was it "On the Run" on the Naas dual carriageway ?

I stopped there once and couldn't believe they didn't have a toilet. Only stop in Apple Green on the Naas dual carriageway now because of it.

12-01-2011 10:19am

x in the city wrote: »

can somone else confirm that its 3 tolls from cork to the last one on the naas road.

i paid 3..!

you are off your head me thinks, there isn't 3.

padma · 12-01-2011 11:15am

2 tolls, one on the Limerick/Cork side beyond Portlaoise, And one by Fermoy. The midway stop at Portlaoise has a large foodcourt, its directly off the Motorway, put a 24 hr petrol station beside it and you have a goldmine, and you have your midway petrol/food/slash/poo place

largepants · 12-01-2011 11:26am

As another poster mentioned, its impossible to drive Cork - Dublin with a car full of kids without stopping. Thats means stopping in one of those many parking areas along the route. What it its piddling rain?The OP is indeed correct. Its ridicilous in this day and age that there is no stop along this route. I'd have no problem driving it myself but with a car full of kids - not a chance.

thegen · 12-01-2011 12:02pm

Dublin to Cork, 2hrs, full tank of fuel, food and use of bathroom before I left. No problem.

Cork to Dublin

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