Iarnród Éireann announce extra rail services in Dundalk for St Patrick's Day

Iarnród Éireann has advised customers of rail travel arrangements for the St Patrick’s Bank Holiday weekend, which include extra commuter services from Dundalk.

The full service arrangements are as follows: 

Bank Holiday Friday 17th March, St Patrick’s Day

• DART and Commuter: A Sunday service will operate, with extra DART and Commuter services (from Howth, Malahide, Bray, Greystones, Maynooth, Longford and Dundalk) operating before and after the St Patrick’s Day parade.  

Customers are advised to allow sufficient time to travel to the Parade, which begins at 12:00hrs, with high demand expected. Customers are advised that Tara Street Station will be closed until 16:00hrs, to facilitate Garda crowd management arrangements for the Parade.  Please use Connolly or Pearse Stations during this time.

• Late night trains: The following trains will operate after midnight on DART and Commuter routes, serving all stations unless otherwise stated:
  • 00:20hrs Pearse to Maynooth
  • 00:30hrs Pearse to Howth
  • 00:30hrs Connolly to Greystones
  • 00:40hrs Pearse to Dundalk (serving Tara St, Connolly, Howth Junction and then all stations to Dundalk) 
  • 00:50hrs Pearse to Kildare (serving Tara St, Connolly, Drumcondra, and all stations ParkWest to Kildare)
• Intercity routes, Cork Commuter: A revised timetable is in operation.  Please check www.irishrail.ie or the Iarnród Éireann app for times.

Saturday 18th March

A Saturday service will operate on all routes, with the following extra services for the Ireland v England Six Nations match at the Aviva Stadium.

• Extra DARTs operating before and after the match.  Please note Grand Canal Dock Station will be closed at full time (18:20hrs to 20:05hrs) to facilitate Garda crowd management arrangements for the match.
• Extra 21:35hrs Dublin Heuston to Cork (with connection to Limerick) service will operate.  This train must be booked in advance, at www.irishrail.ie or the Iarnród Éireann app. 

Sunday 19th March

A normal Sunday service will operate.

Full service details are available at www.irishrail.ie or the Iarnród Éireann app.