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: However map-type signs are occasionally used at normal intersections where it is necessary to sign a restriction (such as a weight or height restriction). At the junction itself, either a flag sign – a sign with a triangular point at one end and a chevron – or (on rural roads) a fingerpost points the driver in the direction to be taken. After the junction, a route confirmation sign listing the route number and the primary destinations will be erected. However, on rural roads, it is common for some or all of the above signage to be missing. Often junctions are signed with only a fingerpost . 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.