Service Announcements 

St. Patrick’s Day Gates Notice 

The University’s gates will open as per Sunday opening hours on St. Patrick’s Day. Please note that Front Gate will be closed for the duration of the parade on St. Patrick’s Day the 17th of March 2026.

If required during the parade all other gates will be closed over but pedestrian access will be maintained through the Printing House Square Gate on Pearse Street.

Vehicular access will be through Lincoln Place Gate as per normal.

St. Patrick’s Day Building Notice 

As per standard procedure there will be no access for staff, students, or the University Community from 08:00 on the 17th of March 2026 until after the St. Patrick’s Day parade in

• 1 to 5 College Green,
• 3 & 4 Foster Place,
• House 4, 5 6 & 7 (Common Room and Offices) and, 
• Regent House.

Security Advice for the Weekend

Departments are advised of the following security precautions, which should be taken for the coming St. Patrick’s Day from closing time on the 16th of March to the opening time on the 18th of March.

Ensure that all items of value are secured and out of sight, particularly in the case of ground floor offices and facilities. Petty cash boxes and small portable items such as laptops, cameras etc. should be securely stored in office safes and steel presses. Do not leave the keys of receptacles containing such items in desk drawers or anywhere else in the office.

Make sure that all external doors (including fire doors, if building is unoccupied on the day in question) and windows are properly secured before departing University for the weekend.

Particular attention should be paid to securing ground floor doors and windows on the University perimeter i.e. Pearse Street, Westland Row, Lincoln Place, South Leinster Street, Clare Street, Westland Square, College Green, Foster Place, the School of Nursing, D’Olier Street, Dunlop Oriel, Fenian Street, Iveagh Grounds, Santry, and the Trinity Centres in St. James’s Hospital and Tallaght.

Establish procedures for access during the weekend period, if necessary, which will not compromise building / office security.

The University thanks you for your participation.     

We encourage you to direct your Estates and Facilities queries to our Service Centre team by phone on +353 1 896 4000, by email to estatesandfacilities@tcd.ie or in person. The Service Centre is located on the Ground Floor of 194 Pearse Street (accessible campus side) and is open from 08:00-17:00 (Mon-Thurs) and 08:00-16:30 (Fri), remaining open through lunchtime.

Dear Colleagues,

Essential repair works are required to the main gates that lead from Pearse street lane out onto Pearse Street.

In order to carry out these works it will be necessary to close the gates from 6am on Monday 9^th March until 6am on Monday 16^th March.

For the period of the works Lincoln gate will be the alternative point of entry / exit to college.

We thank you for your understanding as we continue to improve the University’s built environment.

We encourage you to direct your Estates and Facilities queries to our Service Centre team by phone on +353 1 896 4000, by email to estatesandfacilities@tcd.ie or in person. The Service Centre is located on the Ground Floor of 194 Pearse Street (accessible campus side) and is open from 08:00-17:00 (Mon-Thurs) and 08:00-16:30 (Fri), remaining open through lunchtime.

Estates and Facilities will be carrying out essential remedial tree works on Saturday 14th February 2026 at the Nassau Street Car Park.

Nassau Street Car Park will be closed off for the duration of the Works.

Access for essential services will be maintained, no other access will be permitted.

See below map for traffic and pedestrian movement restrictions (marked in yellow), areas will be reopened as soon as works have finished.

To view this and all other current Estates and Facilities service announcements, please visit our website

We encourage you to direct your Estates and Facilities queries to our Service Centre team by phone on +353 1 896 4000, by email to estatesandfacilities@tcd.ie or in person. The Service Centre is located on the Ground Floor of 194 Pearse Street (accessible campus side) and is open from 08:00-17:00 (Mon-Thurs) and 08:00-16:30 (Fri), remaining open through lunchtime.

Road resurfacing works are due to take place from the Lincoln Place gate entrance to the Pavilion junction from Monday 12th January to Thursday 15th January 2026.

The Lincoln Place Gate will remain open during these works from 05.00hrs to 18.30hrs each day for vehicular and pedestrian traffic access/egress.

These works will take place each evening/night from 18.30hrs to 01.00hrs during which the gate will remain closed, and the Pearse Street Gate entrance (opposite Pearse Street Garda Station) will remain open for vehicular and pedestrian access.

Barriers and signage will be in place during these works.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused during these necessary works.

We encourage you to direct your Estates and Facilities queries to our Service Centre team by phone on +353 1 896 4000, by email on estatesandfacilities@tcd.ie or in person – the Service Centre is located on the Ground Floor of 194 Pearse St (accessible from campus side) and is open from 08:00-17.00 (Mon-Thurs) and 08.00-16.30 (Fri) remaining open through lunchtime.

Estates and Facilities will be carrying out essential remedial tree works on Saturday 10th January 2026 at the following locations:

• Physics Lawn (Including Road Closure)
• Flat Iron (Including Road Closure)
• Pavilion walkway area
• Nassau Street Car Park (Road Closure)
• Kinsella Hall Podium area (Pedestrian & Traffic diversions)
• Botany Bay

Lincoln Place Gate will remain open with diversions down the Parade ground for essential traffic only (Blue). There is no access past the Pavillon to Nassau Street or towards Physics Lawn. Pearse Street Gate will be open to facilitate regular traffic.

See below map for traffic and pedestrian Movement Restrictions (marked in yellow), areas will be reopened as soon as works have finished.

We encourage you to direct your Estates and Facilities queries to our Service Centre team by phone on +353 1 896 4000, by email to estatesandfacilities@tcd.ie or in person. The Service Centre is located on the Ground Floor of 194 Pearse Street (accessible campus side) and is open from 08:00-17:00 (Mon-Thurs) and 08:00-16:30 (Fri), remaining open through lunchtime.

Estates and Facilities will be swapping out the existing wheelie bins for new ones on the 10th January 2026.

Please note the changes below

• Glass bins will be changing from Red to Blue
• Mixed Municipal Waste (MMW) will remain Black
• Dry Mixed Recyclable (DMR) will remain green
• The blue paper bins will be removed and are being replace by green DMR
• All bins will be clearly labelled denoting the waste streams.

All DMR material including paper is brought to the DMR compactors for recycling, material is segregated and sorted at the recycling depot.

There will be Battery and Printer Cartridge collection points installed at various locations throughout campus and at external properties, please see for an exact list.

Nassau Street Car Park will remain closed for the duration of the Works, restrictions marked in yellow below.

We encourage you to direct your Estates and Facilities queries to our Service Centre team by phone on +353 1 896 4000, by email on estatesandfacilities@tcd.ie or in person – the Service Centre is located on the Ground Floor of 194 Pearse St (accessible from campus side) and is open from 08:00-17.00 (Mon-Thurs) and 08.00-16.30 (Fri) remaining open through lunchtime.

Please be advised that the WEEE container currently located behind the rear of the Arts Building is being relocated to the Nassau Street Waste Compound.

Please note that the WEEE container and WEEE cages/ bins on Campus are for general WEEE disposal only. If replacement items have been sourced such as a fridges, freezers, fume cupboards or TV’s, then the supplier should take these back. Campus WEEE disposal does not operate for clear outs or disposal of multiple large items.

If disposal of large items is required, this can be organised through Estates and Facilities and is chargeable.

Batteries and vapes should be disposed of separately in the Battery Boxes provided around campus, there is one located in the Nassau Street Compound beside the WEEE container.

New Location of Nassau Street Compound (Below) and Image of WEEE Container (Right)

We encourage you to direct your Estates and Facilities queries to our Service Centre team by phone on +353 1 896 4000, by email to estatesandfacilities@tcd.ie or in person. The Service Centre is located on the Ground Floor of 194 Pearse Street (accessible campus side) and is open from 08:00-17:00 (Mon-Thurs) and 08:00-16:30 (Fri), remaining open through lunchtime.

Works are now underway on the Zoology Refurbishment project and as a result, there will be no parking in the spaces as indicated on the map below.

This area will be used as a Contractors Site Compound for both the Zoology Refurbishment project and separate roof repairs/plant upgrade works at SNIAM both running over the coming months.

We thank you for your understanding as we continue to improve the College’s built environment.

Recent changes in and around New Square have focussed high volumes of pedestrian traffic to its South and West sides in particular. Traffic studies of the area have been undertaken which recommend necessary adjustments to ensure our best use of the area going forward. The adjustments are driven from a health and safety perspective in the context of College providing appropriate arrangements for reasonable prevention of vehicle transport associated accidents, and in doing so, ensuring that we are providing suitable layouts appropriate for both vehicle and pedestrian activities.

Alterations to the roadway at New Square will take place in December which will introduce pedestrianisation to its South and West sides, consequently altering existing traffic routes and reducing a small amount of parking spaces. Each element of this is set out in greater detail as follows:

Pedestrianisation:

• Flexible bollards will be installed at necessary junctures to prevent cars from using both the South and West sides of New Square. Consequently, only pedestrians will be able to access these sides of New Square. However, as the bollards will be flexible, they would allow access by emergency services vehicles should the need ever arise.

Alteration to Traffic Routes:

• Whereas currently traffic can drive around all four sides of New Square, the installation of the bollards will impact traffic routes in two ways:
  1. The East side of New Square will now be a cul-de-sac and
  2. Vehicular access to both Library Square and Front Square, West of the Rubrics, will only be possible via the road to the North of New Square, past Printing House

Car Parking Reduction:

• Consequent to the alterations outlined, parking spaces formerly between the Museum Building and New Square will be removed. In doing so, we will provide a safer environment for all staff, students and visitors who use this route
• In parallel, it should not be forgotten that in creating this pedestrianisation and reducing car parking spaces, it brings a positive incremental step towards achieving a strategic objective within our Sustainability Action Plan (https://www.tcd.ie/sustainability/initiatives/sustainable-transport/)

Whilst acknowledging the impact any change has upon us all, we trust that the benefits of the alterations is self-evident, and that the College community will support them.