Road and rail busy for holiday weekend

Road and rail routes are expected to be busy today as hundreds of thousands of people head off for a holiday break. Iarnród Eireann said they were expecting around 300,000 people to use the railways this weekend.

Most services are operating as normal but there will be some disruption due to DART upgrade work on the northside of Dublin.

Bus subsitution services will operate between Connolly Station and Howth. Mainline services are also affected.

The Dublin to Belfast Enterprise service is being replaced by buses between Dublin and Drogheda and on the Sligo line buses will also service the route between Connolly and Maynooth.

Gardaí have asked motorists to drive safely and warned that they will be out on the main routes to enforce traffic laws. Heavy traffic and some delays are expected at several places including the N4 at Kinnegad, the N2 at Ashbourne and the N1 at Dundalk.