Dublin Bus
Please see the following service arrangements for Christmas 2023:
Thursday 21 December 2023
A weekday service will operate on all routes. A full Nitelink service will operate in addition to our 24-hour services on Routes 15, 39a, 41, C1, C2, C5, C6, G1, G2 and N4. City Tours and Ghostbus Tours will not operate.
Friday 22 December 2023
A weekday service will operate on all routes. A full Nitelink service will operate in addition to our 24-hour services on Routes 15, 39a, 41, C1, C2, C5, C6, G1, G2 and N4. City Tours and Ghostbus Tours will not operate.
Saturday 23 December 2023
A Saturday service will operate on all routes.A full Nitelink service will operate in addition to our 24-hour services on Routes 15, 39a, 41, C1, C2, C5, C6, G1, G2 and N4. City Tours and Ghostbus Tours will not operate.
Sunday 24 December 2023
A Sunday service will operate with last departures at approx. 21.00hrs, including Routes 15, 39a, 41, C1, C2, C5, C6, G1, G2 and N4. Nitelink services, City Tours and Ghostbus Tours will not operate.
Monday 25 December 2023
Dublin Bus services will not operate on Christmas Day.
Tuesday 26 December 2023
A Sunday service will operate on all routes. Nitelink services, City Tours and Ghostbus Tours will not operate.
Wednesday 27 December 2023
A Saturday service will operate on all routes. Nitelink services and Ghostbus Tours will not operate. City Tours will operate.
Thursday 28 December 2023
A Saturday service will operate on all routes. Nitelink services will not operate. City Tours and Ghostbus Tours will operate.
Friday 29 December 2023
A Saturday service will operate on all routes. A full Nitelink service will operate in addition to our 24-hour services on Routes 15, 39a, 41, C1, C2, C5, C6, G1, G2 and N4. City Tours and Ghostbus Tours will operate.
Saturday 30 December 2023
A Saturday service will operate on all routes. A full Nitelink service will operate in addition to our 24-hour services on Routes 15, 39a, 41, C1, C2, C5, C6, G1, G2 and N4. City Tours and Ghostbus Tours will operate.
Sunday 31 January 2023
A Sunday service will operate on all routes. A full Nitelink service will operate in addition to our 24-hour services on Routes 15, 39a, 41, C1, C2, C5, C6, G1, G2 and N4. City Tours will operate. Ghostbus Tours will not operate.
Bus Éireann
Please note the following alterations to both Bus Éireann and Expressway services over the Christmas period.
Christmas Eve, Sunday, 24 December 2023
Both Bus Éireann and Expressway services will operate to a Sunday schedule.
Bus Éireann’s City, Town, Commuter and Rural services last departures are at 9pm approximately.
Service starting up to and including 9pm will complete their full trip.
Last Expressway departures on each service are as below:
- Route 2, 17:00 from Wexford & 21:00 from Dublin Airport
- Route 4, 18:00 from Waterford & 22:15 from Dublin Airport
- Route 13, 19:35 from Limerick to Tralee, 18:00 from Tralee to Limerick
- Route 14, 18:35 from Limerick to Killarney, 18:00 from Killarney to Limerick
- Route 22, 18:00 from Dublin Airport & 18:15 from Ballina (17:15 will not operate)
- Route 23, 17:30 from Dublin & 18:45 from Sligo
- Route 30/X30, 21:30 from Dublin & 19:00 from Donegal
- Route 32, 18:45 from Dublin & 17:45 from Letterkenny
- Route 40:
- Eastbound: 19:50 from Tralee, 20:40 from Cork & 19:30 from Waterford
- Westbound: 19:00 from Rosslare, 19:30 from Waterford & 19:00 from Cork&
- Route 51, Normal Sunday Schedule
- Route 52, Normal Sunday Schedule• Route 55, Normal Sunday Schedule
- Route 64, Normal Sunday Schedule
- Route 100X, 19:30 from Dundalk & 21:43 from Dublin
Christmas Day, Monday, 25 December 2023
Services will not operate
St. Stephen’s Day, Tuesday, 26 December 2023
Both Bus Éireann and Expressway services will operate to a Sunday schedule.
The majority of Bus Éireann services will commence at 09.00 with following exceptions:
Carlow Town service will operate a full Sunday Service, commencing at 08.20
Cork City will operate a full Sunday service except for Route 220. Services on route 220 will commence after 07:00 and operate as normal thereafter.
- Route 101, 07:00 Drogheda to Dublin, 09:30 Dublin to Drogheda
- Route N1, 09.30 from Commons Road, 09:15 from Kilcarne Bridge
- Route N2, 09:00 from Commons Road, 09:45 from Aisling Place
- Route 105, 08:30 from Drogheda, 10:20 from Blanchardstown
- Route 109, 08:45 from Dublin, 07:09 from Kells
- Route 109A, 07:39 from Kells, 09:30 from Dublin Airport
- Route 109X, 06:15 from Dublin, 06:54 from Cavan
- Route 111, 08:15 from Dublin, 08:45 from Athboy
- Route 115, 08:40 from Mullingar, 09:30 from Dublin
- Route 131, 09:30 from Bray, 09:30 from Wicklow
- Route 133, 07:00 from Wicklow, 09:15 from Dublin
- Route 170, 06:45 from Dundalk, 06:30 from Cavan
- Route 175, 07:45 from Monaghan
- Route 182, 08:00 from Monaghan
- Route 190, 05:30 from Drogheda, 05:20 from Athlone
- Route 270, 07:00 Kenmare to Killarney
- Route 272, 07:30 Ballybunion to Tralee
- Route 279, 07:30 Tralee Killarney
- Route 279, 07:35 Killarney to Tralee
- Route 304, 06:30 from Raheen to UL, 07:02 from UL to Plassey Park, 07:40 UL to Raheen
- Route 314, 0745 Ballybunion to Limerick, 0745 Limerick to Ballybunion
- Route 323, 0857 Nenagh to Limerick
- Route 328, 06:30 Mitchelstown to Limerick, 06:45 Limerick to Mitchelstown
- Route 329, 06:50 Kilfinane to Limerick, 0900 Limerick to Kilfinane
- Route 332, 0630 Limerick to Cashel, 0630 Cashel to Limerick
- Route 336, 08:15 Doonbeg to Ennis
- Route 343, 08:35 Limerick to Ennis
- Route 343, 08:40 Ennis to Limerick
- Route 345, 07:00 Scariff to Limerick
- Route 345, 08:20 Limerick to Scariff
- Route 350, 07:45 Lisdoonvarna to Ennis
- Route 355, 07:42 Clonmel to Waterford
- Route 362, 08 30 Dungarvan to Waterford
- Route 420 08:00 Ballina to Castlebar
- Route 446 07:30 Blacksod to Ballina
- Route 450 07:40 Westport to Dooagh
- Route 456 06:00 Castlebar to Galway
- Route 458 0730 Sligo to Enniskillen
- Route 458 0715 Ballina to Enniskillen
- Route 458 0730 Sligo to Ballina
- Route 466, 07:45 from Athlone, 07:00 from Cavan
First Expressway departures on each service are as below.
- Route 2, 08:00 from Wexford & 12:00 from Dublin Airport
- Route 4, 06:45 from Waterford & 10:50 from Dublin Airport
- Route 13, Normal Sunday Schedule
- Route 14, Normal Sunday Schedule
- Route 22, 10:00 from Dublin (12:30 from Dublin Airport will not operate) & 09:30 from Ballina
- Route 23, 07:40 from Dublin Airport & 06:30 from Sligo
- Route 30/X30, 04:00 from Donegal & 09:30 from Dublin
- Route 32, 06:15 from Dublin & 05:30 from Letterkenny
- Route 40, Normal Sunday Schedule
- Route 51:
- Southbound: 07:05 from Galway & 07:25 from Limerick
- Northbound: 07:25 from Cork & 07:25 from Limerick
- Route 52, 07:00 from Galway (10:00 from Galway will not operate) & 08:30 from Ballina
- Route 55, Normal Sunday Schedule
- Route 64, Normal Sunday Schedule
- Route 100X, 06:30 from Dundalk & 08:41 from Dublin
Wednesday, 27 December 2023
Services will operate a Weekday schedule
Thursday, 28 December 2023
Services will operate a Weekday schedule
Friday, 29 December 2023
Services will operate a Weekday schedule
Saturday, 30 December 2023
Services will operate a Saturday schedule
Sunday, 31 December 2023
Services will operate a Sunday schedule
Go-Ahead Ireland
Holiday Season Operating Hours – ODMA Routes
| 24th December 2023 | |||
| All Services operate as normal up until 21:00. Journeys scheduled to commence after 21:01 will not operate. | |||
| 25th December 2023 | |||
| No Service | |||
| 26th December 2023 | |||
| Services commence at 09:00, operating a Sunday & Public Holiday timetable. | |||
| 27th – 30th December 2023 | |||
| Normal Service as per day type | |||
| 31st December 2023 | |||
| Sunday timetable, with enhancements after 18:00. (Please see additional services) | Service Number | Departure Time | Direction |
| 59 | 23:35 | Outbound | |
| N6 | 18:05 | Both Directions | |
| S4 | 18:10 | Both Directions | |
| S6 | 18:15 | Both Directions | |
| S8 | 18:20 | Both Directions | |
| W2 | 18:10 | Both Directions | |
| 111 | 18:33 | Both Directions | |
| 33A | 19:00 | Outbound | |
| 33B | 18:15 | Outbound | |
| 33B | 18:13 | Inbound | |
| 45A | 18:15 | Outbound | |
| 45A | 18:00 | Inbound |
Source: Dublin Bus, Bus Eireann & Go-Ahead Ireland