Title: Road signs in Ireland - Wikipedia
Headings: Road signs in Ireland
Road signs in Ireland
Contents
Republic of Ireland
Legal basis
Directional signage
Typefaces and colours
Types of sign available
Destination signing policy
Motorway / high quality dual carriageway signage
Original design
Current signing policy
Future amendments under consideration
Regulatory signs
Warning signs
Roadwork signs
Obsolete signage
Earlier directional signage
Earlier warning signs
Northern Ireland
See also
References
External links

Content: Destination signing policy
One feature of road signage in the Republic of Ireland, particularly along Dublin's quays, is that some national primary road signage directs drivers generically to destinations such as "The West" and "The South" and "The North". This system, inherited from the UK system, was banned under the 1996 TSM, which mandates the use of the terminal destination and next primary destination of the route instead, but signage was patched with specific destinations only in the early 2000s (decade). While this has been replaced with specific placenames in some cases, it remains in use in other areas. In summer 2006, signage for "North" and "South" was erected in Ashbourne at the start of the new N2 dual carriageway. Nevertheless, generally directional signage on major routes shows major or end destinations. Smaller towns and placenames are shown only on signage nearer to that location. Motorway / high quality dual carriageway signage
Original design
The original design (1983–1989) of Republic of Ireland motorway signage was a simpler version of the UK design. These signs were only ever in use on the M7 Naas Bypass and M1 Airport Motorway and only rare examples are still in situ . From 1989–2005, signage on motorways was nearly identical to that on UK motorways (but see new motorway signage, below); although in the Republic of Ireland, motorway junctions were not always numbered, or the number was not always signposted.