The following information is for an earlier year.
See Easter bus service information for up to date bus and train details for Easter weekend.
Overall:
Easter 2011 runs from Friday 22nd - Monday 25th April.
Good Friday is not a public or bank holiday in the Republic of Ireland, so most public-transport companies will be operating normal services, but there are some exceptions. Also, note that a number of companies and public services (banks, post-offices, etc will not be open.
Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday are not public holidays: regular Sat / Sun timetables apply, in general.
Easter Monday is a public holiday, so in most cases Sunday services will be running.
Bus Éireann (city and regional / national services)
- Good Friday - normal Friday services
- Easter Saturday - regular Saturday service
- Easter Sunday - normal Sunday service, except for 3:30pm Dundalk / Galway and 6pm Galway / Dundalk, and 4:45pm Tuam / Athlone and 6:15pm Athlone / Tuam - which are all cancelled
- Easter Monday - based on the normal Sunday service, with a number of changes. See their press-release for details
City Direct buses:
- Good Friday - regular Friday timetable, except that the last bus leaves Eyre Square at 6:45pm.
- Easter Saturday - regular Saturday service
- Easter Sunday AND Monday - regular Sunday service.
Burkes Buses:
- Good Friday - based on a Friday timetable, with some alterations on all routes. See their Timetables page for details
- Easter Saturday - regular Saturday service
- Easter Sunday AND Monday - regular Sunday service.
Other bus companies:
Have not issued information about their Easter timetables. Check with individual companies for details.
Trains:
- Good Friday - normal weekday services, with some minor changes
- Easter Saturday - normal Saturday service
- Easter Sunday - normal Sunday service, with some changes
- Easter Monday - normal Monday service, except for a few services which are cancelled or altered - see the announcement below for details: