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Road trip planner: Ireland
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Driving rules: Ireland
The general rules for cars, from the tables we keep with their official sources. Road signs always take precedence.
- Speed limits
- Built-up areas: 50 km/h
- Outside built-up areas: 80 km/h (Regional roads; national roads 100, local roads 60)
- Motorways: 120 km/h
- Outside built-up areas the limit depends on the road: 100 km/h on national roads, 80 km/h on regional roads and 60 km/h on local roads (since 7 February 2025). A 0.2 g/l limit also applies to truck, bus and taxi drivers.
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- Alcohol limit
- 0.5 g/l · Novice drivers: 0.2 g/l
- Novice drivers: Learner permit holders, drivers within 2 years of their first licence, and drivers without a licence for the category.
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- Winter tyres
- No requirement
- Ireland has no winter-tyre requirement for cars, and fitting them is also not prohibited.
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- Motorway vignette
- No vignette for cars.
- Tolls for motorways, bridges and tunnels on your own trip: the calculator →
- Fuel price
- €1.958 petrol 95 · €2.119 diesel, per litre
- Price of November 9, 2026
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These are the general limits: road signs always take precedence, and laws change. Before you travel, check the source linked in the row for your country.