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.
Parking
Half-Price Christmas Parking for Dublin City!
From 1st December to 8th January (inclusive) any motorist who parks on-street in a paid parking place and pays using Parking Tag will be charged half the normal tariff (for example, in the very high demand yellow zone the tariff will be €1.45 per hour instead of the standard tariff of €2.90 per hour). The 50% discount will apply anywhere in the City.
Parking Tag is Dublin City Council’s cash-free system for paying for on-street parking in Dublin City. The Tag is a bar-coded sticker which is affixed to the front windscreen of the user’s vehicle. The Tag is linked to the vehicle registration number and the motorist’s mobile phone. The motorist simply parks in any paid parking space in the city and makes the transaction by a short phone call (local call) or by sending a text message. It’s that easy! The parking session can be extended (up to the maximum time permitted – normally three hours) by making a further phone call or sending another text message. There is also the option of a text reminder ten minutes before the end of the parking session. There is no need for users to interact with the parking ticket machines. No more fumbling for change, running to and from the meter in the rain or rushing back to get another ticket! The cost of each transaction is deducted from the motorist’s credit/debit card account. Parking Tag transactions are recorded by the City Council’s parking enforcement contractor whose staff are in a position to instantly ascertain whether a vehicle displaying a Tag is parked legally or not by scanning the Tag with the Handheld.
In the two years since its launch, Parking Tag has become the simple, secure, convenient, hassle-free alternative way to park in the City. Its success has far exceeded all expectations and the Council is confident that it will continue to grow in popularity. It’s the ideal way to pay for parking when visiting the city centre for business, to shop or for leisure.
Full information on the system is available at www.parkingtag.ie or by phoning the call centre at 0818 300 161.
Park Rite operates many city centre car parks. Click on a car park to get details of rates, opening hours and other information.
- 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
Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre is offering a special €5 a-day parking rate on Monday 26th December.See www.stephensgreen.com for further details.
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.
To learn more of the €10 Christmas Family ticket please click here.
Iarnród Éireann has advised customers that there will be changes to car park charges at train stations from Monday 12th December.
While machine charges for daily and weekly parking will increase, customers can ensure that the price of parking is unchanged by switching to ParkByText where there will be no increase. Monthly charges will effectively be reduced for all customers, with the validity of the €30 monthly rate for machine or ParkByText customers extended from 28 days to 31 days for no extra charge.
Full details of new rates from 12th December 2011 are:
| Parking Duration | Machine Charge | ParkByText Charge (Unchanged) |
| Daily* | €3 (was €2) | €2 |
| Weekly* | €10 (was €8) | €8 |
| Monthly* (now 31 days instead of 28) | €30 (unchanged) | €30 |
| Day parking charges at Heuston, Connolly, Cork | €8 (was €7) | €7 |
*at a range of DART, Commuter and Intercity stations – full details at www.irishrail.ie
The revised charges mean that, as well as being a more convenient way of paying for parking, ParkByText is now the cheapest way also, with no increase on current rates. The monthly charge now sees customers’ parking rates reduced to less than €1 per day for all payment methods.
Customers can also open a ParkByText account, with added benefits including:
- Shorter and simpler payment process (An account holder is only required to send a short text message to complete payment whereas an unregistered user needs to send a similar text message followed by providing their credit card details to a voicemail phone number)
- Account holders have the option to receive text messages and/or emails with updates on special parking offers and system enhancements
- Account holders can select a free option of automatic top up to their account balance ensuring that they always have funds set aside for their parking charges
A 50 cent monthly account maintenance charge applies to customers choosing this option.
Full details for customers are available at www.irishrail.ie and www.parkbytext.ie .
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.
