Access to Ireland

Flight Access to Dublin & Shannon Airports

By Plane
There is one major international airport in Dublin, situated approximately 10km north of the city centre. Dublin is easily accessible from the UK, Continental Europe and the east and west coast of the USA. There are more than 36 scheduled airlines flying into Dublin Airport, which is located 12 km from the city centre. Dublin Airport serves 7 domestic, 29 UK, 36 Continental European and 9 international destinations. For more information please visit www.dublinairport.com

Shannon Airport is located 24 kilometres from Limerick, there are a number of scheduled airlines flying into Shannon Aiport which include regular flights from USA. The main airlines that fly into Shannon Airport are; Continental airlines, Ryanair, Aer Lingus, Delta Airlines and Air Mediterrannee. For more information please visit www.shannonairport.com

Please find a list of some of the frequent airlines that fly to Dublin.

Aer Lingus
Ryanair
British Airways
Continental Airlines

Access from Dublin Airport to Dublin City

There are a number of private and public bus services that operate from outside the airport arrivals terminal: Aircoach, a privately run bus service, operates between the airport and a number of city hotels and locations. www.aircoach.ie

Airlink (bus 747), operated by Dublin Bus, will bring you directly from the airport to Busaras, the central bus station, located in the city. www.dublinbus.ie

AerDart is a combined bus and train service that will bring you from Dublin Airport to any DART station along the route for an all-inclusive price. www.dublinbus.ie

There are also a number of other public bus services operating between the airport and various destinations

By Ferry

It is also possible to get to Dublin by ferry via Hollyhead, Liverpool and Isle of Man ports in Britain. Dublin has two ferry terminals – Dublin Port, located in the city centre, is serviced by bus and Dun Laoghaire ferry terminal, south of the city, is easily reached by a 20 minute car or DART train journey

Car Rental

Irish Car Rentals are one of the largest independent Car Rental Companies in Ireland and operate a fleet of over 2,700 new vehicles. Their car rental desk is ideally located at Dublin Airport, Shannon Airport, Knock Airport, Kerry Airport and Cork Airport and have several other car rental offices in Ireland in Dublin City Centre, Dublin North (Santry) and Limerick City Centre. Please click on the below link, which will bring up to their site. www.irishcarrentals.com