'Very significant disruption' to Dublin Bus services this morning

DELAYS AND DIVERSIONS continue in Dublin City centre today after a large protest saw tractors, lorries, and coaches park on O’Connell street, disrupting public transport.

A number of vehicles were also left in the surrounding areas. Many were left unoccupied and a large number remained in the city overnight.

Dublin Bus warned customers in a message this morning that it is “experiencing service disruptions including severe delays across the Dublin Bus network and diversions in the City Centre”.

Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Blake Boland of Dublin Bus said protestors blocked O’Connell Bridge in the last hour on both sides. Other protestors blocked Fleet Street, which Boland described as a “little access route” used to divert buses.

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“You’re looking at routes like the E spine, the F spine, but then also the 19s, 1s, 11s, 23, 24 I could go on and on with a list. We have 130 routes. But essentially, anything that’s trying to come across the city is is tracked where we’re doing diversions to get them around,” he said.

Services operating southbound from O’Connell Street will divert via Cathal Brugha Street, right on to Marlborough Street, over the Rosie Hackett Bridge, Hawkins Street, then back onto normal route, Dublin Bus said.

Services operating northbound will divert via Fleet Street, Townsend Street, Tara Street, Beresford Place then on to Gardiner Street, back to normal route.

Green Line Luas services are currently not operating between St Stephen’s Green and Dominick.

Services are operating between Broombridge and Dominick and between St. Stephen’s Green and Brides Glen only. 

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