Travel to Limerick
Please note, people coming
to Thomond village, please go directly to the
village reception first to unload luggage. This is better than
coming directly to Conference Registration. People arriving in
Thomond village before 8am and after 8pm (if
flight arrives in Shannon after 7pm, then you are in this category),
please e-mail Louise Mulcahy, in the case of a delay on the day of arrival, the telephone number for Thomond Village is 061-237000. People
taking train from Dublin to Limerick, please note that many of
the trains stop at Limerick Junction, where you usually need to
change for Limerick.
The
best way to reach the University of Limerick is to fly to the Shannon
airport, located 20km north of Limerick City. Scheduled flights
arrive daily at Shannon from London's Heathrow
and Stansted airports, Paris' Roissy/Charles De Gaulle airport. Dublin airport, as well as several other European and
US locations providing a convenient hub facility.There is a bus service from Shannon Airport to
Limerick City Center.
Bus,
Taxi and Car Hire services are available from the airport for
delegates.
Taxi services from Shannon Airport will be
available to take delegates from the airport to hotels and to the
campus accomodation for the conference, prices
people should expect to pay per taxi are:
Limerick
city / Limerick Inn / Limerick Ryan / Jury's Hotel : €TBC
Castletroy
Park Hotel: €TBC
Thomond Village: €TBC
(Up to 4
people can share a taxi)Other
possibilities include
Train:
Iarnrod Eireann operate a regular train service to/from Limerick
city. Details are available from their Inter City
Timetable.
Bus:
There are regular bus
services to/from Limerick operated by Bus Eireann. Buses
will run from the aiport to town hourly from the beginning of June,
deligates traveling to the Castletroy Park Hotel, Kilmurry Lodge
Hotel, Thomond Village can take the bus to the
city, and then a taxi to their accommodation.
Car hire,
at Shannon
Airport.
For
your information, taxis are available from the Train Station and
City Centre to the University and cost on average €TBC - €TBC.
Moreover, regular buses between the
campus and Limerick city centre are available. A ticket costs approximately €0.95
cent. The buses from the city center are usually the no 308 or the no 302 from the
bus stop near the Centra shop on William Street in Limerick city.
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