June Bank Holiday Travel Arrangments

Victor

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Victor

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Nitelink operating Sunday 3rd June

Dublin Bus are pleased to announce that a Nitelink service will be operating on Sunday 3rd June 2007. The service will operate a Monday to Thursday service, with departures at 0030 and 0200. A normal Monday nitelink service will operate on Monday 4th June 2007.

Victor

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Women's Mini Marathon - Monday 4th June

Dublin Bus wish to inform customers that due to street closures on Monday 4th June 2007, there will be disruptions to some of our services.

Mini Marathon Diversions For 2007:

Route 10
Prior to race will operate as follows due to closure of St Stephen’s Green.

To City: normal to Baggot Street left to Mespil Road on to Grand Parade, Portobello to Camden Street on to South Great George’s Street, Dame Street and normal route.
From City: normal to D’Olier Street, Nassau Street on to Clare Street, Merrion Square North, Mount Street Lower, Haddington Road to Baggot Street and normal route.

The last cross city bus to Belfield will be the 12.09hrs from the Phoenix Park. The last cross city bus to the Phoenix Park will be the 12.08hrs from Belfield.

Buses can not enter Stephen's Green until 18.30. During the race (14:30 to 18:30) the number 10 will operate to Nassau Street as normal. From Nassau Street Westland Row, Pearse Street to Westmoreland Street and normal route to Phoenix Park.

The first cross city bus to Belfield will be the 18:15 hrs from the Park. The first cross city bus to the Park will be the 18:37hrs from Belfield.

Route 172
To City: operate to Nassau Street.
From City: operate via Lincoln Place to normal route.

Route 11 (08.00 to 18.30)
Northbound: via Ranelagh, Charlemont Street, Camden Street to city and normal route.
Southbound: via George’s Street, Camden Street to Ranelagh and normal route.

Routes 14, 14A, 44, 44C, 48A (08.00 am to 18.30)
To City: via Camden Street, Aungier Street to South Great George’s Street and city.
From City: (14/A) via South Great Georges Street to Camden Street, South Richmond Street to normal route.
From City: (44, 48A) via South Great Georges Street to Camden Street, Harcourt Road and Charlemont Street to normal route.

Route 18 (14.30 to 17.30)
Route 18 to terminate in Ranelagh during race.

Route 46A (09.30 to 14.30)
To City: Left at Leeson St Bridge to Grand Parade, Canal Rd., right at Portobello to Richmond St., Camden St., Aungier St., George’s St., Dame St. to City Centre.
From City: Dame St., George’s St., Aungier St., Camden St. Harcourt Rd., Charlemont St. left to Grand Parade, Mespil Rd. right to Leeson St. and follow normal route.

Route 46A, 145 Up To 14:30
To City: Left at Leeson St. Bridge to Grand Parade, Canal Rd., right at Portobello to Richmond St., Camden St., Aungier St, Georges St., Dame St. to City Centre.
From City: Dame St, Georges St, Aungier St, Camden St St, Harcourt Rd, Charlemount St, left to Grand Parade.Mespil Rd, right to Leeson St and then follow normal route.

Route 46A, 145 (From 14.30 –18.30)
To City: Stillorgan Rd. left to Fosters Avenue, Roebuck Rd. right to Clonskeagh Rd., Ranelagh Rd., Charlemont St., Camden St., Aungier St., George’s St., Dame St. to City Centre.
From City Centre: Dame St., George’s St., Aungier St., Harcourt Rd., Charlemont St., Ranelagh Rd., Clonskeagh Rd. left to Roebuck Rd., Fosters Avenue right to Stillorgan Rd. and normal route.

Route 63, 84, 145 (From 14.00 – 17.30)
To City: Right into Mount Merrion Avenue, left on the Rock Road and right at Merrion Gates, Strand Road, Beech Road, Irishtown, Ringsend Road to Pearse St. and onto normal route.
From City: Pearse St., Ringsend Road, Irishtown, Strand Road, Merrion Gates, onto the Rock Road and right onto Mount Merrion Avenue and onto normal route.

Routes 2, 3
Before 14.30 operate normal service for route 3 (note: last through bus to Belfield will be the 13.37 from Larkhill. During race (14:30 to 17.00) operates to and from St. John’s Church, Sandymount.
After race (17.00), service will return to normal route from Larkhill.

Routes 7, 45 (14:00 to 17:30)
To City: via Merrion Gates, Strand Road, Beach Road, Irishtown, and Ringsend Road to Pearse St. and normal route.
From City: as above.

Route 15, 15A, 15B, 15C (06.00 to 18.30)
To City: via Camden St., South Great George’s Street, Dame St, and City.
From City: via South Great George's St. to Camden St. South Richmond St. to normal route.

Route 13/A
From 08:00 the normal terminus on Merrion Square will be moved to Westmoreland St. Route 13 will operate to and from Westmoreland St. until 16.30. After 16.30 the 13 route will operate as per normal from Merrion Square.

Route 4
Last Departure from Ballymun to St. Vincents Hospital before the race is at 12:15. Last Departure from St. Vincents Hospital to Ballymun before the race is at 13:15. During the race, and up to 17:30 the number 4 bus will operate to Nassau St. only. Then from Nassau St. to Westland Row, Pearse St., Westmoreland St. and onto normal route.

Tours
Tours will operate as normal to Nassau St., then Kildare St., Molesworth St., Dawson St., Nassau St., Suffolk St. and back onto normal route.

Victor

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Leixlip Festival - June 2nd, 3rd & 4th 2007

Leixlip Main Street will be closed to traffic on

Saturday 2nd June between 1200 and 2200 hours
Sunday 3rd June between 1200 and 2400 hours
Monday 4th June between 1200 and 2000 hours


As a result the following bus diversions will apply:

Route 66
All buses will operate via the Celbridge Road (R403), passing Weston Aerodrome, turning right onto R404 past Barnhall Rugby Club and rejoining the normal 66 route by turning left at Our Lady of Nativity Church in Leixlip.
This diversion will apply on the inbound journey in reverse.

Route 66A
No Routing Change.

Route 66B
All buses will operate via the Celbridge Road (R403), passing Weston Aerodrome, turning right onto R404 past Barnhall Rugby Club and terminate at Hewlett Packard.
This diversion will apply on the inbound journey in reverse.

Victor

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Free Shuttle Bus for Bloom 2007

Dublin Bus is pleased to advise customers that a free shuttle bus will operate for Bloom 2007, from Parkgate Street to the Phoenix Park Visitors Centre.

Bloom is set to be the largest gardening event ever to be staged in Ireland. Hosted by Bord Bia, Bloom will be a 4-day extravaganza of contemporary colours, traditional themes and inspirational ideas over the June Bank Holiday weekend in the Phoenix Park.

Buses will depart at regular intervals from Parkgate Street (bus stop serving the 25/A, 26 and 66/A) at the following times:
Friday 1st June from 10am to 7pm
Saturday 2nd June from 10am to 5pm
Sunday 3rd June from 10am to 5pm
Monday 4th June from 10am to 5pm

Depart Monument (Phoenix Park):
Friday 1st June from 11am to 8pm
Saturday 2nd June from 11am to 6pm
Sunday 3rd June from 11am to 6pm
Monday 4th June from 11am to 6pm

Victor

http://www.iarnrodeireann.ie/news_centre/general_news.asp?action=view&news_id=17

Intercity, DART and Commuter Services - June Bank Holiday Weekend by Corporate Communications


INTERCITY

Friday 1st June
Normal Friday services will operate

Saturday 2nd to Monday 4th June
A revised schedule will operate. Please check train times at www.irishrail.ie before travelling. Customers can also book in advance at www.irishrail.ie


DART/Commuter

Friday 1st June
Normal Friday Services will operate.

Saturday 2nd June
Normal Saturday Services will operate.

Sunday 3rd June
Normal Sunday Services will operate.

Bank Holiday Monday 4th June
A Sunday Service will operate on DART, Northern and Maynooth Commuter lines.

No commuter services will operate on Kildare/South-Western lines.

Victor

http://www.luas.ie/travel-updates.php

Park and Ride for Bank Holiday Weekend

Red Cow Car Park Notice for June Bank Holiday Alternative park and rides are available to the Red Cow P&R please click for directions

Victor

http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0602/spike.html

Traffic restrictions during cleaning of Spire
Saturday, 2 June 2007 11:14
A spokesman for Dublin City Council is confident that maintenance work on the Spire will get under way tomorrow morning.

A 120m high crane will be used to work on the structure's lighting and to clean it from top to bottom.

Up to eight maintenance workers will use power washers and spray-on cleaning agents to polish the Spire.

AdvertisementThe two-day project is subject to weather conditions but Central Area Manager with Dublin City Council, Charlie Lowe, says is confident it will go ahead as planned.

Traffic restrictions will apply in the vicinity of O'Connell Street during the works.

Victor

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Women to reclaim streets for marathon
From ireland.comSaturday, 2nd June, 2007


The southeast of Dublin city will be a no-go area for motorists on Monday as more than 40,000 women runners take to the streets for the 25th Women's Mini Marathon.

The 10km race, which is the biggest women's event of its kind in the world, starts at Fitzwilliam Square at 3pm and the majority of participants are expected to have crossed the finishing line at St Stephen's Green by 6.30pm.

However, road closures will be in place from early Monday morning. St Stephen's Green south and east will be closed to traffic from 6am to 6.30pm. Nearby Earlsfort Terrace will also be closed at 6am but will reopen at 4.30pm.

From 8am to 4.30pm the southeast inner city streets of Fitzwilliam Street, Fitzwilliam Place, Merrion Square, Merrion Street, Lower Leeson Street and Hatch Street will all be closed.

Shorter restrictions will be in place on St Stephen's Green North and Kildare Street, which will close from 12.30pm to 6.30pm, and on Nutley Lane near the RTÉ studios, which will be closed from 3pm to 4.45pm. Traffic diversions will be in place from the Merrion Gates to Strand Road and from Stillorgan Road to Fosters Avenue.

However traffic is likely to be heavy throughout the city centre for the duration of the race with thousands of spectators expected to attend.

AA Roadwatch has advised participants and spectators to use public transport to get into the city, particularly the Luas Green line which will bring runners as close as possible to the starting point.

Participants in the race, who raise millions of euros for charity each year, are divided into three categories: elite - those who can run 10km in under 43 minutes; those runners who can finish in less than an hour; and joggers/ walkers who, starting last, are placed at the back of the race and hope to finish some time before 6.30pm.

More than €10 million was raised for charities last year bringing the total raised since the race started in 1983 close to €100 million.

Prominent charities including the Irish Cancer Society, as well as smaller local charities, benefit each year.

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Major Events

• Cat Laughs Comedy Festival, Kilkenny. Events continue throughout the weekend until Monday.

• Nofitstate Circus, St George's Dock in the IFSC, Dublin. Events run until June 24th.

• The Dublin Docklands Maritime Festival, Liffey Quays. Events continue throughout the weekend until Monday.

• Cork City Marathon, Patrick Street, Cork, Monday, 9am.

• The fourth annual Cobh Maritime Song Festival at the Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh. Events continue throughout the weekend until Monday.

• The Ocean to City Boat Race, starting at Crosshaven today at 12.30pm and finishing at Lapp's Quay, Cork.