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An information sign identifies a route, destination, facility or regulated road or area. Some carry legal consequences, so apply the actual sign meaning and local traffic code.
Which signs provide information in Ireland?
Information signs guide drivers to destinations and facilities. Their colours vary with the road or information type.
🔗 rsa.ie • RSA Rules of the Road — guidance, law date 1 March 2025; read with later amendments
🔗 irishstatutebook.ie • S.I.433/2025 — current Irish traffic-sign and road-marking descriptions
How can you recognise a built-up area in Ireland?
Use the applicable speed-limit signs when entering a town or village. A place-name or welcome sign alone is not a substitute for checking the legal speed restriction.
🔗 rsa.ie • RSA Rules of the Road — guidance, law date 1 March 2025; read with later amendments
🔗 irishstatutebook.ie • S.I.433/2025 — current Irish traffic-sign and road-marking descriptions
1. Start of a motorway
This traffic sign indicates the start of a motorway. From this point, special motorway rules apply, including restrictions on which road users may enter and on stopping, reversing and other manoeuvres. Follow the applicable speed limits, lane rules and local motorway regulations.
English • F 330 • Start of motorway. Motorway regulations apply from this point. Observe the access restrictions and the speed limit signs.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org (Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 3.0)
🔗 Roadguidelines.ie • Department of Transport • Traffic Signs Manual • F 330
Image via Commons.wikimedia.org
Original: Government of Ireland – Department of Transport Version without red stroke: EthanL13 • Public domain • Source revision 2023-08-07. Wikimedia original unmodified.
2. End of the motorway
This traffic sign indicates the end of the motorway. The special motorway rules end at this point. Follow the speed limits, access rules and other traffic signs that apply to the road ahead.
English • F 333 • End of motorway. The motorway ends here. Follow the signs and limits applying to the road beyond.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org (Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 3.0)
🔗 Roadguidelines.ie • Department of Transport • Traffic Signs Manual • F 333
Image via Commons.wikimedia.org
Government of Ireland – Department of Transport • Public domain • Source revision 2023-08-07. Wikimedia original unmodified.
3. Dead end street
This traffic sign indicates a dead end street. The road has no through route for vehicles, although access to properties or other destinations along the road may still be possible.
English • F 350 • Cul-de-sac. The road indicated has no through route for vehicles.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Roadguidelines.ie • Department of Transport • Traffic Signs Manual • F 350
SVG source: Government of Ireland – Department of Transport • Public domain • Original revision 2022-01-09. Wikimedia original unmodified.
4. Ramp destination
This traffic sign gives information about the destination reached via the ramp. The displayed destination indicates where the ramp leads.
English • TSM Chapter 2 • Motorway exit advance direction sign. The sign shows the approaching motorway exit, its junction number, routes and destinations. The example indicates an exit in 1 km; prepare to use the correct lane.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org (Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 3.0)
🔗 Roadguidelines.ie • Department of Transport • Traffic Signs Manual • TSM Chapter 2
Image via Commons.wikimedia.org
Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 3.0 • Source revision 2024-02-11. Wikimedia original unmodified.
5. Information about the directions of the roundabout
This traffic sign gives information about directions at a roundabout. The diagram shows the available exits and the destinations reached from them.
English • TSM Chapter 2 • Roundabout advance direction sign. The diagram shows the approaching roundabout exits and their destinations or route numbers. Choose the exit and lane appropriate to your destination.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org (Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 3.0)
🔗 Roadguidelines.ie • Department of Transport • Traffic Signs Manual • TSM Chapter 2
Image via Commons.wikimedia.org
Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 3.0 • Source revision 2024-02-11. Wikimedia original unmodified.
6. Parking allowed
This traffic sign indicates that parking is allowed. Vehicles may be parked in the area covered by the sign subject to any indicated conditions, restrictions or local parking rules.
English • F 200 • Parking. A parking place is available. Observe any parking conditions, charges and time limits shown on accompanying signs.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org (Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 3.0)
🔗 Roadguidelines.ie • Department of Transport • Traffic Signs Manual • F 200 © Crown copyright. Traffic signs are Crown copyright. You may reproduce traffic signs free of charge and without having to seek permission, but you must reproduce them accurately and not in a misleading context (e.g. not on roadside billboards where they could mislead drivers). (ref [1])
Replacement SVG: Commons.wikimedia.org • Wikimedia Commons original • Government of the United Kingdom – Department for Transport • OGL v1.0 • Original revision 2026-06-06. Wikimedia original unmodified.
Artwork verified against Roadguidelines.ie • official published diagram F 200.
Image via Commons.wikimedia.org
Government of the United Kingdom – Department for Transport • OGL v1.0 • Source revision 2026-06-06. Wikimedia original unmodified.
