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Extra.ie
2 days ago
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- Extra.ie
Fetsival-goers descend to Kilmainham for Forbidden Fruit
It's day two of Forbidden Fruit festival, which is taking place on the grounds of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Gates opened at 2pm, with last entry at 9.30pm — and tickets are still available to purchase via Ticketmaster if you're looking for something to fill up your Bank Holiday Sunday. Attendees are reminded that only bags A4-size and smaller are permitted into the concert site, and they are subject to security checks on entry. Pic: Sasko Lazarov / © Pic: Sasko Lazarov / © Pic: Sasko Lazarov / © Pic: Sasko Lazarov / © The festival is now in its 11th year, with Saturday festival-goers seeing performances from Caribou, Mall Grab, Glass Beams, Effy and more. Sunday will see Dublin singer Jazzy take to the stage, as well as the iconic Underworld. Pic: Sasko Lazarov / © Pic: Sasko Lazarov / © Pic: Sasko Lazarov / © Pic: Sasko Lazarov / © South Korean DJ and singer-songwriter Peggy Gou also headlines on the second day of the festival which will be completely finished by 10.45pm. For those looking to party the night away following Forbidden Fruit there is plenty of activity happening in Dublin City Centre. Forbidden Fruit have urged all attendees that Kilmainham is a residential area, and 'respect the local community.' Organisers advise people to plan their journey home via Irish Rail; Dublin Bus or the Luas.
The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- The Irish Sun
Full list of transport updates & road closures over Bank Hol weekend as Forbidden Fruit Festival and marathon kick off
AN URGENT warning has been issued for thousands of commuters and motorists with traffic restrictions in place over the busy weekend. A number of events in the capital have resulted in some road closures and diversions. Advertisement 6 Commuters and motorists are set to face some traffic diversions this weekend Credit: Getty Images - Getty 6 The Women's Mini Marathon is kicking off in Dublin on Sunday Credit: Sportsfile - Subscription 6 The Forbidden Fruit festival is currently being held at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham Forbidden Fruit Festival, Bloom in Phoenix Park, the Leinster VS Scarlets clash and the Women's Mini Marathon will make it a busy time for commuters. As a result, Irish Rail and Met Eireann confirmed that there will be "unsettled The Forbidden Fruit Festival has kicked off at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham today and continues tomorrow. Advertisement READ MORE ON DUBLIN Due to the event being held, St John's Road will close to traffic both ways from 10.15- to 11.15pm each night between South Circular Road and Steeven's Lane. The following diversions have been put in place for Saturday and Sunday, meaning routes 52, 60 and C1/2/3/4 are affected. Normal route to Con Colbert Road then divert left to South Circular Road, right to Conyngham Road, Parkgate Street & continue straight to normal route. Normal route to Victoria Quay then divert right to Frank Sherwin Bridge, Parkgate Street, Conyngham Road, left to South Circular Road, keep left to loop around onto Con Colbert Road to normal route. Advertisement MOST READ IN THE IRISH SUN Exclusive Due to this, stops 4413 and 2637 are impacted by the diversions. For inbound commuters, they are asked to use the 1474 stop, while the outbound commuters are encouraged to grab it from the 7078 stop. Moment smoke billows from toll plaza on busy Irish motorway after vehicle bursts into flames The The chiefs confirmed that the Luas will run on normal services for Saturday and Sunday during the Advertisement However, the Luas will run Sunday Operating Hours and Frequency with services beginning at 7am on the Green and Red lines on Monday. The It is expected that over 25,000 people will be participating in the 10km race. Due to the great demand, there will be significant road closures and diversions over the weekend. Advertisement The routes of Wexford Bus has confirmed that they will be unable to serve all of their regular stops as they can only guarantee pick-up at Dublin Airport, Northwall Quay, Georges Quay, Talbot Hotel Stillorgan and Cherrywood for Southbound services. This means that Herbert Street will be closed from 8am on Saturday, May 31, to 7pm the following day. Full list of road closures Sunday June 1 from 4 am to 7 pm : Herbert Street Herbert Lane Pembroke Row Cumberland Road Fitzwilliam Street Fitzwilliam Place Fitzwilliam Square North Fitzwilliam Square South Wilton Terrace Lad Lane Baggot Street Lower As well as: James's Street East Fitzwilliam Lane Fitzwilliam Street Lower Merrion Square East Merrion Square South Mount Street Upper Stephen's Place Baggotrath Place From 8:30 am to 5 pm: Stephen's Green East Stephen's Green South Stephen's Green North Kevin Street Lower Cuffe Street Merrion Street Upper Pembroke Street Dawson Street Kildare Street From 10 am to 4 pm : Leeson Street Lower Earlsfort Terrace Hatch Street Lower From 11:30 am to 4 pm : Adelaide Road Leeson Street Upper Stillorgan Road (Fosters Avenue to Donnybrook Road) Donnybrook Road Herbert Place Nutley Lane Merrion Road (Ballsbridge to Merrion Gates) Morehampton Road Baggot Street Upper Pembroke Road IRISH RAIL ROUTES SUSPENDED Thousands of people across the country are making their way to the heart of Dublin to Advertisement However, Bank Holiday weekend, stating that engineering works will take place today and will continue until Monday June 2. Irish Rail typically perform engineering works over the bank holiday weekends due to the extra weekend day allowing them to achieve more progress. As a result of the engineering works, the affected rails are between Dublin Connolly and Dun Laoghaire. This means there is no DART service between the stations and the Rosslare services will provide bus transfers between Connolly and Bray. Advertisement Customers are urged to pre-book their seats on the services to avoid any disappointment, as there is high demand on Heuston Intercity routes. There are a number of trains on Intercity routes that are already sold out, including some trains from EXTRA RAIL SERVICES Due to the great demands, there will be extra weekend Intercity services from Cork and Galway to Dublin Heuston for Bord Bia Bloom. And there are extra Northside DART, Maynooth Commuter trains and Malahide DART services after St Anne's Park concerts and Aslan at Malahide Castle. Advertisement There will be early trains from Cobh, Mallow and Midleton to Cork for the Cork City Marathon on Sunday. Extra trains from DUBLIN COACH UPDATES ON SERVICES The popular green bus has shared an update on all of their services during the bank holiday weekend. Dublin Coach has increased their capacity on Route 300 from Advertisement They have warned passengers of Route 600 that their Andersons Quay bus stop will not be in operation due to the All buses until 9:05pm service will operate from outside the Cork City Council Office on Anglesea Street. They have encouraged commuters to pre-book their tickets to avoid disappointments as the services across the country are expected to be busy during the weekend. WEXFORD BUS SERVICE CHANGES The popular east coast bus company has issued an update on their services for the Bank Holiday Monday. Advertisement Route 740, 740X, 740A and 340 are set to operate on a Sunday/Public holiday schedule. Customers of the Route 340 are warned that there will be no 8:30pm or 10pm services starting at However, Route 376, 884, WX1 and WX2 will not be operating on Monday. 6 The Leinster VS Scarlets clash kicked off this afternoon Credit: Sportsfile - Subscription Advertisement 6 Luas chiefs confirmed there will be no travel disruption during the weekend Credit: Getty Images - Getty 6 Irish Rail has announced travel diversions for many of their routes due to rail works Credit: Alamy
