Ireland celebrates its patron saint St. Patrick on the 17th of March each year. Dublin stages the biggest and most extravagant St. Patrick’s Day Parade outside New York. Literally half of Dublin’s one million population plus more than a hundred thousand visitors from all over Ireland and from abroad line the parade and turn it into Ireland’s largest street carnival.
With the festival in mind, we’d like to advise passengers about the number of diversions taking place on Tuesday 17th March 2015 to our services in Dublin, Waterford & Limerick.
Departing from Dublin
From 09.00hrs to 16.30hrs services will divert to Heuston Station for St Patrick’s Day. This will affect the following services to Waterford:
- 09.00hrs
- 11.15hrs
- 13.15hrs
- 15.00hrs
- 16.30hrs
This will affect the following services to Limerick:
- 11.15hrs
- 13.00hrs
- 16.00hrs
This will affect the following services to Clonmel:
- 10.45hrs
- 14.00hrs
*All other services will leave Ulster Bank (Georges Quay) as normal.
Arriving in Dublin
From 09.00hrs to 16.30hrs services will divert to Heuston Station for St Patrick’s Day.
This will affect the following services coming from Waterford:
- 06.20hrs
- 08.20hrs
- 09.30hrs
- 11.15hrs
- 13.30hrs
This will affect the following services coming from Limerick:
- 06.45hrs
- 09.00hrs
- 11.00hrs
This will affect the following services coming from Clonmel:
- 05.30hrs
- 07.30hrs
- 11.00hrs
* All other services will arrive at Eden Quay as normal.
Departing from Waterford
The only diversion is 13.35hrs (not serving Dooley’s Hotel)
*All other services will leave Parnell Street as normal.
Arriving in Waterford
From 12.00hrs to 16.00hrs services will divert to the Supervalu (ex Superquinn store) Bus stop on the Tramore Rd.
This will affect the following services coming from Dublin city:
- 09.00hrs
- 11.15hrs
* All other services will drop off at Parnell street (Rapid Cabs) Waterford as scheduled.
Departing from Limerick
These services 09.00hrs, 11.00hrs, 13.00hrs and 15.00hrs services will divert to UL Flag Poles and Campus Stables for St Patrick’s Day. The last bus in the morning to pick up from Arthur’s Quay will be at 06.45hrs.
* 17.15hrs will the first bus back to pick up from Arthur’s Quay.
Arriving in Limerick
Service from 09.00hrs to 16.30hrs services will divert to UL Flag Poles and Campus Stables for St Patrick’s Day.
* All other services from 17.15hrs will arrive into Arthur’s Quay.
Have a great St Patrick’s Day – Enjoy!
