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Regulatory Traffic Signs

This section includes the signs that show a road regulation is in place. These must be obeyed.

Regulatory signs show the course a driver must follow and an action they are required to take or forbidden to take. They are generally circular and have a red border and black symbols or letters on a white background. Mandatory regulatory signs that indicate the direction traffic must take at junctions are blue and white.

Red Octagon showing stopStop
White triangle with a red border displaying yieldYield
White triangle with a red border displaying Géill Slí (Yield in Irish)Yield
White circle with red border showing Stop above childrenSchool wardens stop sign
White circle with red border showing no left turnNo left turn
White circle with red border showing no entryNo Entry
White circle with red border showing no right turnNo right turn
White circle with red border showing no parkingParking prohibited
White circle with red border showing clearwayClearway
White circle with red border showing 30km/h as the maximum speedMax speed limit 30km/h
White circle with red border showing 50km/h as the maximum speedMax speed limit 50km/h
White circle with red border showing 60km/h as the maximum speedMax speed limit 60km/h
White circle with red border showing 80km/h as the maximum speedMax speed limit 80km/h
White circle with red border showing 100km/h as the maximum speedMax speed limit 100km/h
White circle with red border showing 120km/h as the maximum speedMax speed limit 120km/h
White circle with red border showing taxi rankTaxi Rank
White circle with red border showing no entry for large vehicles, greater than 3 tonnesNo entry for large vehicles (by reference to weight)
White circle with red border showing no u-turnNo U-turn
White circle with red border showing no overtakingNo overtaking
White circle with red border showing height restrictionHeight restriction
White circle with red border showing pedestrian zonePedestrianised street
White circle with red border showing parking permittedParking permitted
Rectangular sign showing disc paking informationDisc parking plate
Sign showing no parking of large vehiclesZonal restriction - no parking of large vehicles
Sign showing end of large vechicle parking restrictionsEnd of the restriction zone

Mandatory signs at junctions (white and blue)

White on blue junction sign showing left turn aheadTurn left ahead
White on blue junction sign showing right turn aheadTurn right ahead
White on blue junction sign showing turn leftTurn left
White on blue junction sign showing turn rightTurn right
White on blue junction sign showing pass either sidePass either side
White on blue junction sign showing straight aheadStraight ahead
White on blue junction sign showing keep rightKeep right
White on blue junction sign showing keep leftKeep left

Manual traffic control sign at roadworks

White circle with red border showing no entry for pedestriansNo entry for pedestrians to tramway
Red circle showing stopStop
Green circle showing goEither form of Go
Green circle showing Téigh (go in Irish)or Téigh can be used
White circle with red border showing no entry to goods vehicles with 3 axlesNo entry to goods vehicles (by reference to number of axles)

 

Blue sign showing with flow bus lane on the leftWith flow bus lane on left
Blue sign showing with flow bus lane on the rightWith flow bus lane on right
Blue sign showing contra flow bus lane on the rightContra flow bus lane
Blue sign showing tram lane on the leftTram lane on left
Blue sign showing tram lane on the rightTram lane on right
Sign showing start of cycle trackStart of cycle track
Sign showing end of cycle trackEnd of cycle track
Electronic variable sign showing maximum speed of 80km/hElectronic variable speed limit sign (tunnel only)
Sign showing in a tunnel goods vehicles in a tunnel can not use the right-hand laneIn a tunnel goods vehicles cannot use right-hand lane (by reference to number of axles)
Electronic periodic speed limit sign showing a maximum speed of 30km/hElectronic periodic speed limit sign
Electronic periodic speed limit sign at a school showing a maximum speed of 30km/hElectronic periodic speed limit sign at school
Sign showing a tram only streetTram only street
Sign showing a tram and access only streetTram and access only street
Sign showing a bus only streetBus only street

Traffic lane control signs in a tunnel

Tunnel traffic lane showing go, lane openGo (Lane open)
Tunnel traffic lane showing stop, lane closedStop (Lane closed)
Tunnel traffic lane showing move into left-hand laneMove into the left-hand lane
Tunnel traffic lane showing move to right-hand laneMove into the right-hand lane