Guide
The M50 junctions, one by one
The kinds of junction you will meet, how junction numbers are read and how to choose your lane.
Index
Contents
Every essay, guide and editorial page we have published, in chronological order. You can filter by the kind of material or search by keyword.
15 editorial items. Each one is an independent essay and may be updated.
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Guide
Tolling: how roads in Ireland are paid for
Tolling systems, registration, devices and what you should check.
Guide
The M50: the country's busiest motorway
History, junctions, signs and the influence of the country's busiest ring road.
Planning
Trip planning: what you can control
Three variables, how to divide a journey, and what you cannot control.
Guide
Tunnels: how a road goes under water
Jack Lynch, the Port Tunnel and the tunnel beneath the Shannon — mechanics and context.
Planning
Road glossary
Twenty terms drawn from signs, maps and traffic reports.
Planning
Weather and seasons
How the weather changes between seasons and between places.
Guide
Bridges: what makes a good structure
Four kinds of bridge and three questions for reading them.
Guide
Road signs: how to read them
Four kinds of sign and three things to practise so that you can read them quickly.
Routes
Wild Atlantic Way: the coastal route
2,500 kilometres along the west coast, divided into three parts.
Routes
The network: what a national road is
The letters M, N, R and L, and an index of the routes profiled.
Places
Glendalough: a valley beneath two lakes
The valley, the lakes, the round tower and the way in.
Routes
Sally Gap: the highest road near the city
The R115 and the R759 in the Wicklow Mountains, and the weather that reshapes them.
Places
Cliffs of Moher
Cliffs on the west coast: scale, weather and the way to the place itself.
Places
Places you reach by road
An index of the places connected to the way that leads to them.
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Editorial
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Corrections
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Contact
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