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[Discover Ireland]
AFTER TWO STAGES based north of the border, the world’s second biggest cycle race heads down the east coast today.
Tens of thousands of spectators are expected along the route. The stage finishes up at Dublin’s Merrion Square at around 4.30pm this afternoon.
Around 200 competitors have set off from Armagh. They’ll race down through counties Louth and Meath, before entering County Dublin via Balbriggan and Swords.
If you’re planning on heading along, or if you’re simply aiming to avoid traffic problems in the area — it’s worth noting that road closures will be in place until up to 3.30pm in Louth and Meath. In the city centre, some restrictions stay in place until 11pm.
Advice for spectators from the Gardaí:
“Public can attend anywhere along the route and enjoy the spectacle. We would advise that persons use the following locations to park.”
In the city centre, there will be a number of road closures in the Merrion Square area:
Merrion Square West, Merrion Square South, Merrion Square East, Merrion Street Upper, Mount Street Upper and Fitzwilliam Street Lower.
Full traffic and spectator information is available from the Garda website.
Traffic information can also be found at AA Roadwatch: here for Louth and Meath and here for Dublin.
You’ll find info on Dublin Bus diversions here. There are also special arrangements for the Dart and mainline rail services.
Oh, and you might want to bring an umbrella.
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Don’t we have enough unemployed over here without hundreds of Italians cycling for their giro cheques?
Jaysus give over will you?
It’s a play on words
Jokes are always funnier when explained.
Calling that a joke is an insult to comedy
Ha ha Ben ingenious
Epic fail there Ben lad
Just got hit trying to get into town. Fcukers diverted me through the port tunnel which is free today. Never been through it before, it’s akin to teleportation! !
If you listed to the BBC news the Giro is only in the North. No mention of ROI.
Muppets.
I watched some of their coverage yesterday and they clearly stated quite a few times that it would end in Dublin.
That’s a lie! They mentioned Drogheda Dundalk and Dublin a good few times!
Not the news report I watched before the launch. Not one mention of ROI.
The amount of hassle this is causing for a bunch of clowns on a bike is baffling
It’s another opportunity to get Ireland mentioned positively on international TV. Every little helps.
It’s a few roads closed on the slowest day of the week, for a few hours, once every 16 years. Get over it.
Thor was a Norse God. Isn’t that where trolls come from
“It’s another opportunity to get Ireland mentioned positively on international TV. Every little helps”
I think it’s great. The race passed right by my house and the whole village was looking great and everyone was out for it, but ‘mentioned positively’ is a bit of an overstatement. On Eurosport it was mentioned multiple times that teams and riders were not particularly happy with their time in Ireland due to the weather and the strain it put them under in the overall context of the Giro.
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