M21 - Limerick to Rathkeale/Foynes [Adare bypass under construction; remainder pending]

Cookiemunster · 12-03-2026 03:58PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124306771#Comment_124306771

The public will be discouraged from driving to the event.

There are 4 park and ride facilities to be located in Annacotty (Mackey Roundabout), Patrickswell (the racecourse) and Croagh (either side of the new junction) capable of holding 20,000 cars between them.

There will be regular shuttle buses from Colbert Station.

There will be a rail shuttle from Limerick Junction.

There will also be private buses delivering overseas travellers as part of their tour packages.

breezy1985 · 12-03-2026 04:07PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124307146#Comment_124307146

I would imagine private cars will essentially be actively banned from the village. I reckon anyone trying will be directed to the park & ride by the junctions.

It would be unusual to be allowed drive right up to the gate of a major sports event with a private car.

MayoSalmon · 12-03-2026 09:23PM

You won't be able to get within 5 to 10 miles of Adare the week of this event.

It will be the same set up as Portrush last summer.

Cookiemunster · 12-03-2026 10:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124307894#Comment_124307894

It won't be that drastic. They simply won't let non local or event traffic enter the village.

Ardrageen · 25-03-2026 01:32PM

https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/motoring-news/2047003/new-road-confirmed-to-run-parallel-to-patrickswell-as-part-of-limerick-to-cork-motorway.html

An additional road is to be built alongside Patrickswell as part of the M20 project in order to keep traffic out of the village

Sorry. I should have put this in the Cork Limerick motorway thread.

Cookiemunster · 26-03-2026 02:51PM

This months video is up. At the end you can see that the preliminary work is happening on the missing link.

https://youtu.be/oAeSRzS_cQA?is=YSiWH6hRTUBn1K9A

confidentjosh · 30-03-2026 07:47PM

Great progress on this.

A new side road/local road has been opened and an old local road that crossed the corridor has been closed linking two local roads with one underpass now serving that area.

The large steel beam structures for the river Maigue bridge crossing have started to be delivered to the site and are being put together right beside the river crossing point. It would be nice to see a time-lapse video showing these being lifted into place as it would be a spectacular sight I'm sure.

Works ongoing at the tie in to the eastern end of the route are clearly visible now too with trucks driving up and down towards this area.

I passed by yesterday and it's clear that widening works are well under way with landscape and trees/hedge removal works ongoing as well. Also, hardcore and gravel is being laid along the northern side of the existing end to the dual carriageway.

We should see lots of significant works and structures being completed over the spring and summer months to come I'm sure.

cameltoe86 · 31-03-2026 10:53PM

Saw these on a historical page I follow on Facebook. Is there work constantly being done on this side too?

Cookiemunster · 31-03-2026 11:07PM

Archaeology was done along the whole route from Attyflin to Foynes as part of the preliminary works.

KrisW1001 · 01-04-2026 09:56AM

Yes, archaeological excavations happen at the start of every major infrastructure project.

By pure chance, I have a couple of current and former archaeologists among my friends, and they also talk about the “boom times” of 2000-2010, when the large number of road projects created an unprecedented stream of work for field archaeologists.

M21 - Limerick to Rathkeale/Foynes [Adare bypass under construction; remainder pending]

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