Enjoy all the festivities and shopping that Dublin’s city centre has to offer each Christmas via Dublin Bus, Luas and don’t forget the fantastic Dublin Bike Scheme! There is a huge array of car parking facitilites throughout the centre that will make your shopping experience even better.
Dublin City Council is offering on-street parking for only €1 per hour every Saturday and Sunday in December:
Perfect for the last minute shopping! Where you see the stickers above on a parking meter it is only €1 per hour at that meter. Parking Tag customers will also benefit with Parking Tag transactions only costing €1 per hour in the Yellow zone every Saturday and Sunday in December. Motorists parking for a 3 hour shopping spree or a trip to the Cinema on a Saturday in December will save €5.70. Their Christmas gift to you. Merry Christmas from Dublin City Council and Parking Tag.
Park Rite operates many city centre car parks. Click on a car park to get details of rates, opening hours and other information.
Pre-book online for value parking, go to www.parkrite.ie and pre-book now
- Arnotts Car Park
- Christchurch Car Park
- City Quay Car Park
- Convention Centre Dublin Car Park
- Croke Park Events Parking, Clonliffe College
- Drury Street Car Park
- Fleet Street Car Park, Temple Bar
- Harold’s Cross Church Car Park
- IFSC Car Park
- Irish Life Car Park, Abbey Street
- Parnell Street Car Park
- Smithfield Car Park
- St. James’s Hospital Car Park
- The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)
Q-Park operates many city centre car parks. To view opening hours, rates and location map, please click on the below links.
- Dawson Street
- Four Courts, Usher’s Quay
- Grand Canal Square
- Ilac Centre
- Q-Park Clerys
- Setanta Place
- St Stephen’s Green / Royal College of Surgeons
Independent Car Parks
Euro car park on Moore Lane, Dublin 1
Hibernian Autopark on Jervis Street
Louis Fitzgerald Group, Jervis Street
Transport
Click on below links for information on Christmas running times and services.
Dublin Bus (including Nightlink)
Please note that the College Green bus corridor in not in effect on weekends, bank holidays, public holidays and nightly from 7pm.
Luas (including Night Luas) & Luas Christmas Schedule
Iarnród Éireann & their Christmas Services
Click on the below link for locations of:
Taxi Rank Locations
24 hour Ranks
There are 72 permanent / 24 Hour ranks throughout the city centre and suburbs, with some of these served by an additional 26 feeder ranks. Permanent ranks are listed in street alphabetical order.
- Amiens Street (2 ranks)
- Aston Quay
- Balfe Street
- Ballyfermot Road (2 Ranks)
- Barryscourt Road
- Bellevue
- Bunting Road
- Burgh Quay
- Cabra Road
- Cardiffsbridge Road
- Cathedral street
- Chancery Place
- Christchurch Place
- College Green
- Collins Avenue East (2 ranks)
- Commons Street
- Conyngham Road
- Coolock Village
- Crumlin Road (3 ranks)
- Crumlin Village
- Cuffe Street
- Cullenswood Road, Ranelagh ( 2 ranks)
- Dawson Street
- D’Olier Street
- Drimnagh Road (2 ranks)
- Earlsfort Terrace
- Eccles Street (3 ranks)
- Eden Quay
- Fassaugh Avenue, Cabra
- Fenian Street (2 ranks)
- Fitzwilliam Quay
- Foster Place (2 ranks)
- George’s Quay
- Grafton Street Lower
- Grand Canal Street Lower
- Grange Road, Donaghmede (2 ranks)
- Howth Road, Raheny
- Kilmore Road, Artane
- Lansdowne Road (3 ranks)
- Main Street, Finglas
- Marino Crescent (3 ranks)
- Mayor Street Lower
- Merrion Street Lower
- Merrion Street Upper
- Mespil Road
- Molesworth Street
- O’Connell Street Upper (2 ranks)
- Parnell Street
- Pearse Street
- Quarry Road
- Rathmines Road Upper (2 ranks)
- Sackville Place (2 Ranks)
- Shangan Road (2 Ranks)
- St. John’s Road West (6 ranks)
- St. Stephen’s Green North (3 ranks)
- Sheriff Street Lower (2 ranks)
- Silloge Road
- Simmonscourt Road
- Smithfield
- Store Street
- Sundrive Road (at shopping centre)
- Sussex Road (3 ranks)
- Talbot Place (2 ranks)
- Terenure Road North
- Thomas Street
- Tyrconnell Road
- Westmoreland Street
Evening and Night Time Ranks operating from 8pm to 6am. There are 24 such ranks located in or close to areas where the most night time activity takes place. These are listed in street alphabetical order.
- Amiens Street (2 Ranks)
- Aston Quay
- Bachelors Walk
- Baggot Street Upper
- Ballyfermot Road
- Camden Street
- Dame Street (2 ranks)
- Dawson Street
- Foster Place (2 Ranks)
- Grafton Street Lower
- Harcourt Street
- Merrion Row
- North Wall Quay
- O’Connell Bridge
- Parnell Street
- Sackville Place (2 Ranks)
- St. Andrew Street
- Talbot Place
- Talbot Street
- Wellington Quay
Occasional Ranks operating when and where major events take place. These are listed in street alphabetical order.
- Dalymount
- Emmet Road
- Millmount Avenue
- North Circular Road
- Serpentine Avenue
- South Lotts Road
We wish all those who travel to Dublin city centre a safe journey.
