Service Announcements 

Access to the University over the Christmas and New Year holidays will be reduced at the end of business on Tuesday the 23rd of December 2025 to the start of business on Friday the 2nd of January 2026. The details are set out below. 

Access for Residents & Essential Staff 

When the gates are closed, access for Residents and Essential Staff on foot is through Front Gate only or by vehicle through Lincoln Place Gate only by appointment or by contacting the Security Services Control Room on 01 896 1317 in advance. Essential Staff lists should be submitted to the Estates & Facilities Services estatesandfacilities@tcd.ie no later than the close of business on Tuesday the 16th of December 2025. 

City Centre Island Campus Gate Times: 

External Campuses 

Access times may vary, and Departmental / School Managers should consult with their Premises Manager. 

University Buildings 

All University buildings will close on Tuesday the 23rd of December 2025 and will re-open at the appropriate times on Friday the 2nd of January 2026. 

Post Room Railway Arch No 1 

The Post Room will close on Tuesday the 23rd of December 2025 at 12:00 and reopen on Friday the 2nd of January 2026 at 07:00 when deliveries will commence. 

Security Advice 

During the Christmas and New Year period the University is more vulnerable to opportunities as some Departments /Schools will have decreased or no activity in their areas from the close of business on Tuesday the 23rd of December 2025 until Friday the 2nd of January 2026. 

It is important Departments / Schools take every necessary precaution to minimise the vulnerability by ensuring 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. 

Ensure that all (external) door and window locking devices are in perfect working order. If maintenance is required on these devices, report it to the Estates & Facilities Service Centre at estatesandfacilities@tcd.ie without delay. Check all offices / rooms and other facilities for security and /or other hazards prior to securing the building. 

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

Particular attention should be paid to securing ground floor doors and windows on the University perimeter i.e. Pearse Street, Westland Row and Lincoln Place / South Leinster Street, 8 Westland Square, Dunlop Oriel, Fenian Street, the building group at College Green / Foster Place, School of Nursing, D’Olier St., and the Trinity Centre for Health Sciences in St. James’s Hospital and AMNCH. 

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

Health & Safety 

If access is required over the holiday, please use the “Safezone App” allowing you to call for help in the event of an emergency. Please use the make sure you are aware of the Lone Working Policy. 

Please make sure in Laboratories and Research Facilities that all gases that are not required for over the holiday period are turned off. Please ensure in Laboratories and Research Facilities that whatever can be is switched off and anything else is left in a safe condition. 

Please ensure that all non-essential IT equipment, electrical equipment, and lighting that are not required over the holiday period are shut down correctly and safely. Have a look around your desk and make sure any extension leads or charging devices are unplugged whilst you are away. Unplug and switch off any non-essential kitchen items and ensure all doors and windows are closed correctly. 

If you have additional Christmas decorations make sure they are switched off or unplugged. 

Contact numbers:

Security 01 896 1317 or 

EMERGENCY 01 896 1999 

Happy Christmas & New Year 

Estates & Facilities Department  

There is a crane lift planned for Saturday 15^th November between the hours of 06:00 – 15:00 to install essential equipment onto the roof of SNIAM Building.

As per below photo, the exclusion zone (red box) will be in front of the business school where the crane and truck will park and operate. There will be no vehicular or pedestrian access on this road and diversions will be in place per the yellow line. 

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 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.

There is a crane coming to site Saturday 8th November 2025 to install essential equipment up onto the roof of the SNIAM Building. 

The crane and truck will enter at Lincoln place gate at circa 6.00 am, and will take the route along as per the yellow line on the photo.

As per the photograph below the exclusion zone will be between the Fitzgerald Building and the Physics Green for the crane and truck. As per blue coloured box.

There will be no pedestrian access on this road on Saturday from 6.00-14.00 and any pedestrian traffic coming from E3 will be re-routed between the Lloyd and SNIAM and also pedestrian traffic from the rugby/cricket pitch will be re-routed along by Fitzgerald/School of Botany as per the yellow line.

The Orange line, in the event of an emergency is the fire access route from Westland Row, and traffic diversions in place.

There will be traffic diversions in place and banksmen directing pedestrians.

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.

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.

Please be advised that essential works will be carried out adjacent to the entrance of the Lloyd Building on the 6th September. Restrictions will be implemented from Friday 5th September.

These works involve enlarging an existing manhole to facilitate the replacement of Medium Voltage (MV) cabling between the E3 Learning Foundry and the ESB substation located to the north of E3.

A marked-up sketch map is attached, showing the exact location of the works. The area will be securely hoarded off to ensure all activities remain within the designated zone.

Pedestrian access to the Lloyd Building will be maintained throughout, with safe entry and exit routes available at all times. Ground workers will have a spotter present for the duration of the works, and all machinery will operate strictly within the fenced area.

MV cable pulling will be carried out by a specialist contractor using the existing underground duct route.

Please note that pedestrian traffic diversions will be in place, and banksmen will be on site to assist and guide pedestrians safely. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation as we complete these important infrastructure upgrades.

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 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 of the following works:

Nassau Street Car Park will be closed for the duration of the morning and afternoon of Saturday 6^th September to facilitate essential maintenance works. Restrictions will be implemented on the night of Friday 5^th.

Parking restrictions will also be in place alongside the Moyne and Parsons to facilitate access.

Minor traffic restrictions will be in place at Trinity East for the morning and afternoon around Unit 21 to facilitate removal of obsolete equipment.

Please see below for access restrictions marked in yellow at Nassau Street and Trinity East.

Nassau Street

Trinity East

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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.

Maintenance works are due to take place on the lawn area of Fellows Square on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th August 2025.

To facilitate these works it will be necessary to close this area off to use on both days.

Estates & Facilities Department apologise for any inconvenience caused during these works.

Road marking works are due to take place in the Nassau Street Car Park area of college from 7.00am on Monday 18th to 6.00pm on Wednesday 20th August 2025.

To facilitate these works it will be necessary to close the Nassau Street Car Park area for use on these days.

Alternative car parking will be available in the rugby car park, New Square and Botany Bay areas.

Estates & Facilities Department apologise for any inconvenience caused during these works.

There is a crane coming to site this Saturday 9th August to remove a boiler from the Lloyd Building. The crane will enter at Lincoln place gate at circa 5.30am, and will take the route along as per the blue line on the photo below.

As per the photograph the exclusion zone will be between the Trinity Business School and the north end of the Lloyd Building where the crane will park and take the boiler off the roof, and onto truck. There will be no pedestrian through this section of road on Saturday between 5.30am and 8am.

Pedestrians will be re-routed around the front of the Lloyd /E3 and down towards Zoology/Fitzgerald building as per the yellow line on the photo below.

The crane lift works will operate from 6am to approximately 8am and may finish sooner. There will be traffic diversions in place and banksmen directing pedestrians.

Please direct your Estates and Facilities queries to our Service Centre team by phone on +353 1 896 4000, by email on to estatesandfacilities@tcd.ie

We thank you for your understanding as we carry out these essential works.

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.