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Summit week traffic
Escorts. Cordons. Delays.
That's Dublin from Tuesday 10 November 2026. Gardaí call it the largest policing and security operation in the State's history.
Why care in Tallaght? Casement Aerodrome. It's right on your doorstep, out past Clondalkin.
Leaders fly into Casement and Dublin Airport for the summit meetings. Motorcycle escorts take them into the city centre, and around it.
Gardaí expect temporary traffic restrictions right across the wider Dublin Region. It won't be just the city centre that feels it.
Roads close and buses divert. Delays are expected. Plan for it.
Here's when it'll bite hardest, according to Gardaí.
- Wednesday 11, 1pm to 11pm, airports to city centre.
- Thursday 12, 7am to 11am, airports to city centre and within it.
- Thursday 12, 3pm to 11pm, city centre.
- Friday 13, 7am to 11am, city centre.
- Friday 13, 1pm to 8pm, city centre to airports.
Near Baldonnel? Extra Garda patrols on perimeter roads. Parking and stopping on those roads will be restricted. So don't stop there, not even for a minute.
Coming from Citywest or Clondalkin? Check before you leave. Not when you're already sitting at the Citywest roundabout in a queue.
Got a choice? Go early, or go another day.
Tallaght traffic could feel it too. Diverted buses. Fuller Tallaght roundabouts.
Driving in Tallaght this week? Give yourself slack, and leave a good bit earlier than normal. The clock's not the enemy. Panic is.
Garda waving you off your route? Do what they say, even if your sat nav says otherwise.
It's not optional. By law, a driver must comply with a Garda direction given to control traffic. It overrides the normal rules.
Green, but a Garda holds you? Stop. Red, but you're waved on? Go.
Escort coming through? Don't chase the gap behind it. Let it pass, then rejoin the flow when it's clear.
There's more on the roads round here in the Tallaght roads section.
Test this week? Allow extra time to get there, and read up on test prep in Tallaght.
Learning round here? A pretest run round Tallaght has more.
Check the closures, then set off.