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Visitor Information

Bord Failte is a government-run agency that deals with the promotion of Ireland as a tourist destination. It has offices all over the country that will handle queries during office hours. Tourist information in Dublin is readily available all year round from Dublin Tourism offices dotted around the city. The main Dublin Tourism office is located on Suffolk Street (walk north down Grafton Street from the Stephen's Green direction and turn left) in the renovated St Andrew's Church.

Dublin Tourism

Dublin Tourism Centre
Suffolk Street
Dublin 2
Tel. 353 1 605 7799

Opening Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday; 9.30 a.m.-5.30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday

Baggot Street Bridge Tel. 353 1 676 5871
Opening Hours: 9.30 a.m.-5.15 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Dun Laoghaire Ferry Terminal
Opening Hours: 8 a.m.-1 p.m. daily.

PASSPORTS & VISAS

Citizens of EU countries will require either a passport or a national identification card to enter Ireland. The same applies to citizens of Liechtenstein, Monaco and Switzerland. Citizens of the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand do not require visas to enter Ireland.  Visas are required by citizens of the following countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Bulgaria, Cuba, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Romania, Lebanon, Moldova, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Somalia, Sri Lanka and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Those with a Hong Kong Certificate of Identity require an entry visa.  Holders of British Hong Kong passports who have a right of abode in the UK do not require entry visas. Other non-EU citizens will always require a passport but not a visa for a short-term stay.

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