Pope is coming to Dublin Road closers that will affect: Saturday 25th August 2018 - Temporary Road Closures 1. Cathal Brugha Street between Cumberland Street North and O'Connell Street Upper 2. O'Connell Street Upper | 12pm - 4.30pm 7 3. O'Connell Street Lower | 12pm - 4.30pm 8 4. Talbot Street between Gardiner Street Lower and Marlborough Street | 12pm- 4.30pm 5. Sackville Place | 12pm-4.30pm 12 6. Abbey Street Lower 12pm-4.30pm 13 | Old Abbey Street | 12pm 4.30pm Abbey Street Middle from Jervis Street to O'Connell Street Lower | 12pm - 4.30pm Bachelors Way | 12pm - 4.30pm 1 7. Liffey Street Lower | 12pm - 4.30pm 8. Henry Street between Moore Street and O'Connell Street Upper | 12pm - 4.30pm 9. Moore Street | 11am - 4.30pm 22 | Moore Lane | 12pm - 4.30pm 10. Rosie Hackett Bridge | 12pm - 4.30pm 24 | O'Connell Bridge | 12pm - 4.30pm 11. Westmoreland Street from O’Connell Street to College Green | 12pm - 5pm 12. | Dame Street from College Green to George’s Street | 12pm - 5pm 13. Dame Street from George’s Street to Lord Edward Street | 10am - 5pm Lord Edward Street | 10am - 5pm 14. High Street from Christchurch Place to Bridge Street | 12pm - 5pm 15. Bridge Street from High Street to Merchant’s Quay | 12pm - 5pm 45 | Burgh Quay | 12pm - 5pm 16. Nassau Street from Dawson Street to Lower Grafton Street | 12pm - 5pm 17. Lower Grafton Street from Nassau Street to College Green | 12pm - 5pm 18. College Street from Pearse Street to College Green | 12pm - 5pm 19. D’Olier Street from Burgh Quay to College Street | 12pm - 5pm 20. Patrick Street from High Street to Kevin Street | 12pm - 5pm 21. Cork Hill | 10am -5pm 52 | Castle Street | 10am -5pm Sunday 26th August 2018 - Temporary Road Closures. We will not be affected on the Sunday. However, ALL of the Quays are shut for pedestrians ALL DAY. City Sightseeing-Big Bus Dublin Maps for Saturday & Sunday. On Saturday last bus will be 17:00. Phoenix park will be closed from Friday until Tuesday morning. We will not be operating Stops 8,9,10,11,13,18,19. On Sunday last bus will be 17:00. Phoenix park will be closed from Friday until Tuesday morning. We will not operate stops, 14a, 15, 16, 16A, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 NO BLUE ROUTE, NO GAOL, NO PARK, NO CROKE PARK, NO GLASNEVIN. The POPES Itinerary Saturday 25 August 2018 10:30 Arrival at Dublin International Airport 11:15 Arrival at the Presidential Residence 12:10 Arrival at Dublin Castle 15:30 Arrival at St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral 16:30 PRIVATE VISIT to the DAY CENTRE FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES of the CAPUCHIN FATHERS 19:45 FESTIVAL OF FAMILIES in Croke Park Stadium - Speech of the Holy Father Sunday 26 August 2018 14:30 Arrival at Phoenix Park 15:00 HOLY MASS in Phoenix Park - Homily of the Holy Father MEETING WITH THE BISHOPS in the Convent of the Dominican Sisters - Speech of the Holy Father 18:30 Arrival at Dublin International Airport FAREWELL CEREMONY 18:45 Departure by plane for Roma/Ciampino (BYE POPE) SLAN !!! Summary of 4 Key Events 1) RDS – 20th to 24th August Up to 37,000 people expected daily at events Event is sold out, 114 different countries will be represented Staggered entry and exit times Daily mass will be at 4pm 2) Dublin City Centre – Pope Movements, Saturday 25th August 2018 Part 1: Apostolic Nunciature, Navan Road to Pro –Cathedral Part 2: Pro-Cathedral to Capuchin centre for the Homeless Similar to St Patricks Festival with opportunities for people to see the Pope Some restrictions for bus & coach movements in the city centre 3) Croke Park – Saturday 25th evening August 2018 Ticketed event 80,500 people in attendance Pope to attend this event 4) Phoenix Park – Sunday afternoon 26th August 2018 Ticketed event - 500,000 patrons registered for tickets Dublin City Centre is open for business on the day Public Transport scheduled services will run as normal nationally Some restrictions in Dublin due to road closures Transport Operators Iarnród Éireann DART and commuter lines will all operate into the city centre Iarnród Éireann will be running normal scheduled services on Saturday 25 August An enhanced service will operate on Sunday 26 August for both DART and commuter services The DART will run from Malahide to Greystones and Greystones to Malahide The Docklands station will be closed on Sunday 26 August Dublin Bus Dublin Bus have a full service on Saturday 25 August with diversions in place Dublin Bus will be running a full Sunday scheduled service on 26 August (services will commence approximately one hour earlier) 7 Transport Hubs are in place to bring people to the Sunday event which will not impact on Dublin Bus Sunday services Bus Éireann Some diversions will be in place on Saturday. Bus Éireann will be operating an enhanced service on Sunday 26th of August Full details available on operator website Luas Saturday Luas Green line will operate as normal until 10:30. Then it will operate between St. Stephen’s Green and Dominic until 17:30 (No Service between Dominic Street and St Stephens Green). After This it will operate with additional trams for the event in Croke Park Luas Red Line will operate as normal until 15:45. Then it will operate between Tallaght/Saggart and Smithfield and The Point and Connolly until 17:00. (No Service between Smithfield and Connolly) As per request from AGS Abbey Street Luas Stop will be closed from 11am until 4:45pm. because it is located in the sterile zone. Sunday Luas Red Line will operate between Saggart/Tallaght to Blackhorse and from Smithfield to the Point stop throughout the Day (No Service between Goldenbridge and Museum). Therefore there will be NO LUAS OPERATIONS between Blackhorse and Smithfield for crowd safety reasons. Luas Green Line will operate a full line service throughout the Day. The Racecourse Luas stop will be commissioned and operational on the day. Luas will operate services from 7am until 11pm at a 6 -10 minute frequency on the Red line and 8-10 minute on the Green line on Sunday 26 August IMPORTANT INFO & LINKS for tourist for the week of the pope’s visit. There is a new pilgrim walk which is launching for the time surrounding the pope’s visit all details & maps of the walk can be found https://www.pilgrimpath.ie/ List of all the road closers around Dublin for the weekend https://www.garda.ie/en/about-us/our-departments/office-of-corporate- communications/news-media/dublin-city-road-closures-for-saturday-and-sunday.pdf Information regarding all public transport https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp- content/uploads/2018/07/TFI_Papal_Visit_Transport_Phoenix_Park_Maps_FINAL.p df World Meeting of Families Events and Information visit www.worldmeeting2018.ie .