Transport
Run Together, Thrive Together!
We’re excited to welcome you to the 2026 Dublin City Council Dublin City Half Marathon on May 3rd! Please see the latest race day transport information below in accordance with Transport For Ireland (TFI).
See Transport For Ireland’s page on this year’s race here and see more information on transport and road closures below.
YOUR JOURNEY STARTS HERE
The 21.1KM course will start on O’Connell Street at 8:30am on May 3rd and finish on Guild Street in the North-East Inner City. The event will impact public transport services and there will be diversions in place for public transport services. You can see the TFI Journey Planner/Live App to plan your route.
LUAS
Due to Engineering Works and race day, there will be numerous service changes for the Luas across the bank holiday weekend. Please see the latest LUAS information from TFI HERE, and HERE. Various bus replacement services will be operating.
BUS
Bus diversions ( subject to confirmation ) will be in place for the duration of the race for Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann and Go-Ahead Ireland services. This includes O’ Connell street, Malahide road, coast road, Howth road, Drumcondra, Santry, Gardiner street and Clontarf.
You can also find additional information on Dublin Bus closures and diversions on their website HERE.
TRAIN
Please note the following information from Irish Rail meaning that there will be no North Side trains running on race day.
Due to Engineering Works between Clontarf Road and Drogheda on Saturday 2nd, Sunday 3rd & Bank Holiday Monday 4th May, the following service alterations and amendments will occur:
DART
There will be no DART service between Connolly and Malahide/Howth. DART services will operate between Connolly and Bray / Greystones only.
The following DART stations will be closed:
Malahide, Portmarnock, / Clongriffin / Howth / Sutton / Bayside / Howth Junction & Donaghmede / Kilbarrack / Raheny / Harmonstown / Killester and Clontarf Road.
NORTHERN COMMUTERS
All Northern Commuter services are cancelled and will be replaced with a limited bus service as shown HERE on the Irish Rail website.
ROAD CLOSURES
PARKING DISCOUNT
Q-Park is kindly providing a parking discount for race day. Use code RACE26 to get 25% off on the car parks below. This discount can be used at the following car parks on race day.
North Side:
- Four Courts
- Smithfield
- Parnell
- The Spire
- Christchurch
- Fleet Street
- St. Stephens Green