Road closures and traffic restrictions for St Patrick's Day parade in Cork city
Dancers from Joan Denise Moriarty School of Dance performed in the St Patrick's Day Parade at Cork City last year. Pic; Larry Cummins
A number of traffic restrictions will be in place in Cork city at the weekend for the St Patrick's Day parade.
Gardaí are advising people attending the event to arrive early, park legally and to utilise the park and ride facilities at Black Ash.
The parade will commence from Parnell Bridge/South Mall at 1pm on Sunday and will continue from there along South Mall to Grand Parade, to Patrick’s Street and will end on Merchant’s Quay/Parnell Place.
To allow for the parade there will be road closures and traffic restrictions in place across the city centre from early morning on Sunday.
These closures and restrictions will be managed by Gardaí on a staggered basis depending on location.
Gardaí said that there will be closures and restrictions on Patrick St (northbound) from 5am on Sunday morning.
There will be restrictions on Lapps Quay, Connell St, Union Quay, and Stable Lane from 7am to 4pm and from Parnell Bridge Southbound and Anglesea St (west lane - filter from Union Quay/Parnell Bridge) between 10.30am to 4pm.
Chief Superintendent Thomas Myers said the weekend promises to be a fun and family-friendly occasion for people of all ages to enjoy the St. Patrick’s Day festivities.
"We have been working closely with Cork City Council and festival organisers to ensure that a full policing plan is in place to safely facilitate the parade and the range of planned events due to take place around the city.
"Gardaí will be out working hard throughout the weekend to make sure that everyone is safe and we ask for the public’s help in this. Please refrain from any on-street, public consumption of alcohol most especially during the day. It won’t be tolerated," he said.
Superintendent Mysers said the road traffic management plan is aimed at causing the most minimum disruption for people while we facilitate the parade.
"We will as always be doing our very best in making sure that all those living in and visiting the city will have a nice Bank Holiday weekend, and our priority is that everyone safely enjoys themselves.
"Lá fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh.”
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