Information on Travel and Accommodation in Ireland

Accommodation

Twenty bedrooms (ensuite, single use) are available at the (opens in a new window)Mespil Hotel for €149.00 per night. You have until the 30th of November to book your room at this special rate. If you are interested, please follow the instructions below in green:

• For guests booking themselves in, they must quote the reference UCD220126 to avail of the special rate
• Bookings must be made directly with the hotel by e-mail at reservations@leehotels.com or by phone on 00 353 1 488 4600. Please note we cannot apply the agreed rate on bookings made through our own website or third party agents
• Guests must provide credit card details in order to confirm their bookings
• All unsold rooms will be released on 30th Nov 2025. Any requests after that date will be subject to availability

Other plausible hotels not too far from UCD are the following:

• (opens in a new window)Clayton Hotel in Ballsbridge 
• (opens in a new window)Clayton Hotel in Burlington Road
• (opens in a new window)Maldron Hotel in Merrion Road
• (opens in a new window)BrocHouse

Travelling from/to UCD

The conference will take place at the Newman Building at University College Dublin in Belfield, Dublin 4 (click (opens in a new window)here to see it on maps). 

The University campus is well-served by many bus routes (see here the (opens in a new window)Public Transport Guide). Bus stops are located within the campus and at the main entrance (please click (opens in a new window)here to plan your journey). If you plan to come by taxi,  click (opens in a new window)here to launch a taxi fare estimator to help better plan your journey. If you wish to drive to UCD please be aware that visitor pay and display parking is in effect and is limited during academic term time. Please click (opens in a new window)here to view information on charges and parking locations.

Also, there are traffic calming barriers in place to prevent traffic and make the campus safer for pedestrians and cyclists. These barriers are in place from 7:00 am to 10:30 am and from 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm Monday to Friday all year round. Please see further information in the (opens in a new window)Guide to Parking in UCD.

If you are arriving directly from the airport, also consider that the Aircoach bus is a convenient and relatively fast option (see here a direct link to (opens in a new window)Aircoach Timetable). Another bus service, (opens in a new window)Dublin Express, operates from Dublin Airport; this is equally efficient in reaching the city centre, but please note it does not serve UCD.