Post [Br]exit wondering if extra time needs to be allowed now for border crossings driving from Dublin to north Donegal? Better to just stay in the Republic?
Posted by
Uppsala, Sweden
6970 posts
No, there should not be any issues. NI continues to follow EU rules and regulation in order to keep the Irish border open.
Posted by
Land of La
9221 posts
Road signage will change but other than that you’ll not notice anything different.
Posted by
Northamptonshire, England
33819 posts
You do need to think in miles per hour and distance in Northern Ireland, and kilometres per hour and distance south of the border.
Posted by
OP
53 posts
Thanks all!
Posted by
3123 posts
When are you planning this trip? You may want to re-evaluate this in view of the UK's latest quarantine rules. I have no knowledge of how those rules will affect the NI-ROI border, but it stands to reason that if the UK is requiring travelers to quarantine and have repeated tests, they wouldn't let people drive into NI from ROI without some kind of controls, because once in NI, someone could try to circumvent the quarantine by boarding a ferry to Great Britain.
I'm sure there are others on this forum who may know about how this is going to work. The following article is a couple of weeks old, but it goes into detail for ROI. https://roscommonherald.ie/2021/01/25/explainer-the-debate-over-covid-19-travel-and-quarantine-rules-in-ireland/
Posted by
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I am planning train and bus travel for a wander through NI and ROI in September. Seems I can purchase train and bus tickets ahead of time for Ireland, but looks like NI tickets can only be purchases 2 weeks before travel. Am I right, and is there even a discount in NI for purchasing tickets ahead of time? Also, since I have to purchase through 2 different organizations going from Derry to Westport by bus, is there a best city to go from one to the other? Donegal Town?