St. Patrick’s Festival 2025: Business Information

Please find below communication from Dublin City Council & An Garda Síochána regarding the upcoming event:

St. Patrick’s Day this year 17th of March 2025 is once again expected to be an extremely busy day in terms of footfall in the City Centre.

To view road closures and the traffic management plan, click here.

1) Street Furniture

All businesses at the locations listed below and – in particular – Pub and Restaurant/Café and Convenience/Coffee Shop owners and management are required to remove all street furniture and temporary outdoor structures from the public realm.

This should be done on the 17th of March 2025 and should not be reinstated until the 18th of March 2025.

This is the same as the last number of years in order to make the day safe for patrons, customers and your staff coming into the city on the 17th of March 2025.

Locations: (click here for hi-res version):

• Parnell Square East/Outbound, O’Connell Street East/Outbound
• Westmoreland Street both sides of the street
• College Green/Dames Street both sides of the street
• Suffolk Street business side including behind the white wooden fence
• Dame Court, Dame Lane and South William Street both sides of street
• Lord Edward Street both sides of the street
• Patrick Street both sides of the street
• Kevin Street both sides of the street
• Entire Temple Bar Area, including Temple Bar Square within the following specific areas: Westmoreland Street to Parliament Street, Dame Street to the South Quays, including Temple Bar Square.

This requirement is is considered to be a critical safety requirement by St. Patrick’s Festival Organisers, Dublin City Council, An Garda Síochána and Dublin Fire Brigade. This requirement is also to ensure emergency access can be maintained in the areas concerned.

2) Consumption of Alcohol

Pubs and restaurants/cafes/coffee shops at the locations above and throughout the City Centre that are selling alcohol are requested:

• To ensure that they have sufficient door staff working on the day to ensure that no alcohol bought on their premises is taken out onto the street for consumption.
• That if a drink is bought on your premises it must be consumed only on that premises.
• That there will be no on street drinking permitted on the day, insofar as can practically be enforced by An Garda Síochána.

Businesses putting the required management arrangements in place will assist greatly in preventing this problem and ultimately should lead to easier access to all businesses throughout the City Centre on the day.

3) Off Licences

As has consistently been the case in recent years where a parade has taken place:

• Off licences throughout the City should not sell alcohol on the 17th of March 2025 until after 4pm.

This will also assist in the prevention of on street drinking and anti-social issues within the City Centre area.

The above measures need to be put in place to ensure a safe City Centre area on St Patricks Day.

Your cooperation in this regard is much appreciated and we hope you and your staff have a good and safe days trading on the 17th and across the entire extended weekend.