Business leaders have expressed concern about the effect traffic disruptions caused by the Tour de France will have on trade.
The director of Small Firms' Mr Turlough O'Sullivan, IBEC's director of industrial relations, said "in the short term, the Tour de France may have an adverse impact on the distribution and movement of trade".
Both, however, said that the tour would promote Ireland and Mr O'Sullivan added "we are delighted to welcome it".
Ireland will host three stages of the tour: a prologue on Saturday 11th and stage one on Sunday 12th, both in Dublin. Stage two on Monday 13th goes from Enniscorthy to Cork.
There will be disruptions before the race starts. O'Connell Street will be closed from 9 p.m. on Thursday, July 9th, until 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 12th, while technical equipment is set up, and Phoenix Park will be closed between 7 p.m. on Saturday 11th until 10 p.m. on Sunday 12th.
The prologue time trial takes place on Saturday afternoon, July 11th. Parking will not be permitted on the race route from 6 a.m. on Friday, July 10th. From 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Saturday 11th, traffic will be prevented from entering the area in the north city bordered by: Beresford Place, Eden Quay, Gardiner Street, Dorset Street, Bolton Street, North King Street, Church Street, Inns Quay, Ormond Quay, Bachelor's Walk, O'Connell Bridge.
All private car parks in these areas will be closed. All shopping centres will stay open. Pearse Street DART station will be open.
In the south city, the following streets will be closed from midnight on Saturday 11th: College Green, Westmoreland Street, D'Olier Street; Lower Grafton Street. Northbound traffic to Dublin Airport should use the East Link Bridge. On Sunday, July 12th, Stage one departs from O'Connell Street to Dundrum and continues to Arklow, back through the Wicklow Mountains to the Phoenix Park. Parking will not be allowed on the race route from 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 11th. All city centre car parks will be open.
From 6 a.m. until midnight on Sunday 12th, traffic will be prohibited in the north city area bordered by: Beresford Place; Eden Quay; Gardiner Street; Dorset Street; Bolton Street; North King Street; Church Street; Inns Quay; Ormond Quay; Bachelor's Walk and O'Connell Bridge.
From noon until 6 p.m. on Sunday, traffic will be prohibited in the area bordered by: Montpelier Hill-Infirmary Road; Phoenix Park Gate (Infirmary road); Blackhorse Avenue-North Circular Road; Blackhall Place-Benburb Street; Benburb Street-Temple Street West.
Traffic from Dun Laoghaire Port to the south and south-east will be diverted to the East Link Toll Bridge to M50 to N7, towards Naas and Carlow.
The Phoenix Park will be closed to all vehicles from 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 11th, to 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 12th. Access to Dublin airport will be via M50/Northern Cross motorway and to Dublin ports on Sunday, July 12th, via the M50/Navan Road.
On Saturday and Sunday, between 11.50 a.m. and 4 p.m., traffic travelling south on the M1 will be diverted at junction 3 onto the M50. Traffic travelling south on the M1 on Saturday between 11.50 a.m. and 4 p.m., and on Sunday between 11.50 a.m. and 1 p.m. to Dun Laoghaire Port, Dublin Port, Beaumount Hospital, St Vincent's Hospital, Connolly Station and Bus Aras will be diverted on junction 3 to the Malahide Road.
On Sunday 12th, traffic travelling toward the south-east, Wexford and Rosslare, will be diverted onto the M50 towards Naas and Carlow. Between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., non-motorway traffic will be diverted at Collins Avenue/ Swords Road junction.
When the tour passes through east Wicklow on stage two, the following roads will be closed from 8 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.: Kilpedder to Arklow (N11); Arklow to Laragh; N81; Dublinbound traffic from the south-east will be diverted at Gorey. In the west Wicklow area, the following roads are closed from morning to afternoon: Arklow/Hollywood (N11), Hollywood (N11) to Dublin, Hearns Cross (N81).
In Stage 2, Enniscorthy to Cork, on Monday, the following roads will be closed from morning to afternoon: Enniscorthy to Waterford; Bridge at New Ross; Waterford to Dungarvan; Dungarvan to Youghal. Trains will run as normal. People travelling to Rosslare from the south should travel from Cork to Mallow, Mitchelstown, Cahir, Kilkenny, Kildavin, Gorey, Wexford, and Rosslare.
Traffic will be restricted in Cork before and during the race. From midnight on Saturday, there will be no entry on Carrigrohane Road from Carrigrohane Village. From 6 a.m. on Saturday, roads to be closed are Bridge Street; Academy Street; Donovan's Road and Victoria Cross Road. From 6 a.m. on Sunday, there will be no parking on the race route.
For Cork city east and county, a contra-flow system will be in operation on the N25. The city and county orbital routes will be used for the movement of local traffic, with gardai on duty at strategic points, from 9 a.m. on Monday. All Limerick-bound traffic (other than local traffic) will be diverted off the Cork-Limerick road (N20) at Twopothouse via Doneraile. The route planned from Cork/Kerry to Rosslare will be via Mitchelstown, Cahir, Clonmel, Kilkenny, Paulstown, Carlow, Bunclody, Scara Walsh Intersection, Gorey to Rosslare.
Signs will be in place along the route of the tour to advise travellers of diversions and alternative routes. There will be no parking along the race route or within 50 metres of the roadway. Arrangements are in place to allow access to residents and business people, as well as emergency access for ambulances and fire services.