Ireland / Practical city guide
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How to get from Dublin Airport into the city by bus, how the TFI Leap Card works across Ireland's transport network, and where to buy one.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingIreland runs neither the EES nor Schengen border checks. Here is what that means for registration on arrival, your 90-day count, and flying on to the continent.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingWhat the Gaeltacht regions are, where Irish is actually the community language rather than a symbolic one, and what that means for a visitor.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingWhat Ireland actually manufactures behind Guinness, Irish whiskey and its tech-sector headquarters, and which distillery visits are the real thing versus a gift shop.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingWhy so much of Ireland's history is visible directly in the landscape, and how to tell a round tower, a famine-era ruin and an ordinary old building apart.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingHow the barrier-free M50 toll works in a Dublin rental car, the 2026 price of €3.80, whether your rental company pays it, and how an unpaid €3.80 toll grows past €180.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingWhich foreign licences work in Ireland, when you need an IDP, why credit card rental cover needs a dated letter, what young drivers pay, and the speed limits on rural roads.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingChoose a Dublin trad session or a staged show, respect the musicians’ space and ask the session leader before joining with an instrument or a song.
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