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Signs on highest classification of road featuring E-route number

	Austria	Belgium	Bulgaria	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy, San Marino, and Vatican City	Latvia	Lithuania	Luxembourg	Moldova	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia	Serbia	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland and Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Signs on highest classification of road featuring E-route number					^{[note 1]}							^{[note 2]}																	^{[note 1]}				^{[note 3]}

Traffic sign colours

Country	white-on-green	white-on-blue	black-on-white	black-on-yellow	white-on-brown	black-on orange	white-on-black	yellow-on-black
Austria	Regions, city districts and tourist locations	Motorways	Landesstraße
Ireland	National primary and secondary roads	Motorways	Regional roads and local roads		Tourist signs Signs indicating geographical information Off-line services signs	Temporary signs	Truck detour signs
Italy	Motorways	State, provincial and regional roads	Municipal and urban roads	Temporary signs	Tourist signs Signs indicating geographical information Signs indicating municipalities			Industrial areas
Spain		Autopistas and autovías	National roads	Temporary signs	Tourist signs Signs indicating geographical information

Bilingual signage

Since 1989, Irish text has been displayed in italics, whereas English text continues to displayed in all capitals. As a result, many argue that this shows a favour for English as it treats Irish as a secondary or supplementary language, despite Irish being the first official language of the country constitutionally. Many have argued against a redesign that gives equal status to Irish, given that the language is not spoken on a daily basis by the majority of the population. Some Irish drivers refer to the presence of Irish as clutter, while others say it being in italics makes it easier to ignore and to instead allows them to focus on English.

The Official Languages Act, 2003. One of its main aims that Irish is to be displayed with equal status and prominence as English on signage did not apply to road signs.^[1]

In 2013, then Minister of Transport Leo Varadkar gave approval for a new signage design.^[2] It featured yellow text for Irish and white for English, with both in mixed case, similar to the design employed in Scotland. Additionally, the Transport typeface was to be replaced with another called Turas. Varadkar had asked the NRA to install them on a "trial basis". However, this project was cancelled by the subsequent Minister of Transport, Paschal Donohoe.

A redesign of Irish signage to give prominence to the Irish language is one of Conradh na Gaeilge's campaigns.^[3]

Vandalism by means of graffitiing placenames in both languages has occurred on a number of occasions, particularly in County Donegal.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Other information signs

Chapter 4 of the TSM divides other information signs into the following categories:

Signs indicating facilities ahead of interest to road users

Sign F 200
Parking
Sign F 202L
Parking Direction
Sign F 203A
Parking Advance Direction
Sign F 204
Disabled Persons' Parking
Sign F 204a
e-Charging
Sign F 205
Bus Parking
Sign F 206
Cycle Parking
Sign F 207R
Park and Ride Direction
Sign F 208L
Park and Ride Advance Direction
Sign F 210
Hospital
Sign F 200
Hospital Direction Sign
Sign F 200
Hospital Advance Direction
Sign F 220
Airport Repeater Sign
Sign F 221L
Airport Direction
Sign F 222A
Airport Advance Direction
Sign F 231L
Station Direction
Sign F 232R
Station Advance Direction
Sign F 261
Garda Only

Services Signs

Toll Road Signs

Sign F 700
Toll Road Ahead
Sign F 700
Toll Plaza Ahead

Tourist Attraction Signs

Cycle Route Signs

Roadwork signs

Road works hazard signs are reddish orange. Lane closure signs are diamond shaped for Level 3 roads (Dual Carriageways and Motorways) and square shaped for Level 1 roads (Urban and Low Speed Roads).

WK 001
Roadworks Ahead
WK 010
One-lane Crossover (Out)
WK 011
One-lane Crossover (Back)
WK 012
Move to Left (One Lane)
WK 013
Move to Right (One Lane)
WK 014
Move to Left (Two Lanes)
WK 014A
Move to Left (Three Lanes)
WK 015
Move to Right (Two Lanes)
WK 015A
Move to Right (Three Lanes)
WK 016
Obstruction Between Lanes
WK 017
End of Obstruction Between Lanes
WK 018
Start of Central Reserve or Obstruction
WK 019
End of Central Reserve or Obstruction
WK 020
Lanes Diverge at Crossover
WK 021
Lanes Rejoin at Crossover
WK 022
Two-lane Crossover (Out)
WK 023
Two-lane Crossover (Back)
WK 024
Merge to the Right
WK 030
Single Lane (for Shuttle Working)
WK 031
Two-way Traffic
WK 032
Road Narrows on Left
WK 033
Road Narrows on Right
WK 034
Road Narrows on Both Sides
WK 035
Merging Traffic from Left
WK 040
Lane 2 of 2 Closed (Level 3)
WK 040A
Lane 2 of 2 Closed (Level 1)
WK 041
Lane 1 of 2 Closed (Level 3)
WK 041A
Lane 1 of 2 Closed (Level 1)
WK 042
Lane 3 of 3 Closed (Level 3)
WK 042A
Lane 3 of 3 Closed (Level 1)
WK 043
Lane 1 of 3 Closed (Level 3)
WK 043A
Lane 1 of 3 Closed (Level 1)
WK 044
Lanes 2 & 3 of 3 Closed (Level 3)
WK 044A
Lanes 2 & 3 of 3 Closed (Level 1)
WK 045
Lanes 1 & 2 of 3 Closed (Level 3)
WK 045A
Lanes 1 & 2 of 3 Closed (Level 1)
WK 046
Lane 4 of 4 Closed (Level 3)
WK 047
Lane 1 of 4 Closed (Level 3)
WK 048
Lanes 3 & 4 of 4 Closed (Level 3)
WK 049
Lanes 1 & 2 of 4 Closed (Level 3)
WK 050
Side Road on Left
WK 051
Side Road on Right
WK 052
Site Access
WK 060
Temporary Traffic Signals
WK 061
Flagman Ahead
WK 062
Queues Likely
WK 070
Hump or Ramp
WK 071
Uneven Surface
WK 072
Slippery Road
WK 073
Loose Chippings
WK 074
Soft Verge
WK 080
Pedestrians Cross to Left
WK 081
Pedestrians Cross to Right
WK 082
Temporary Pedestrian Crossing
WK 084
Cyclists Keep Left
WK 085
Cyclists Keep Right
WK 086
Cyclists
WK 087
Slippery for Cyclists
WK 090
Detour
WK 091
Diverted Traffic (Left)
WK 091
Diverted Traffic (Right)
WK 091
Diverted Traffic (Upper Left)
WK 091
Diverted Traffic (Upper Right)
WK 091
Diverted Traffic (Straight)
WK 092
End of Detour
WK 093
Detour Destination
WK 094
Road Closed
WK 095
Stop Here On Red
WK 096
Free Recovery
WK 097
Free Recovery End
WK 098
Convoy System in Operation
WK 099
Follow Me
WK 100
Lane 2 of 2 Narrow (advance0
WK 101
Lane 3 of 3 Narrow (advance)
WK 102
Lanes 2 & 3 of 3 Narrow (advance)
WK 105
Lane 2 of 2 Narrow
WK 106
Lane 3 of 3 Narrow
WK 107
Lanes 2 & 3 of 3 Narrow
WK 110
Lane 2 of 2 Closed MLC
WK 111
Lane 1 of 2 Closed MLC
WK 112
Lane 3 of 3 Closed MLC
WK 113
Lane 1 of 3 Closed MLC
WK 114
Lanes 1 & 2 of 3 Closed MLC
WK 115
Lanes 2 & 3 of 3 Closed MLC
WK 116
Lane 4 of 4 Closed MLC
WK 117
Lane 1 of 4 Closed MLC
WK 118
Lanes 1 & 2 of 4 Closed MLC
WK 119
Lanes 3 & 4 of 4 Closed MLC

Supplementary plates

Supplementary plates are used in addition to warning, regulatory and roadworks signs. Their purpose is to provide additional information to the sign they are placed beneath (with sign P 056 being an exception, which is placed on its own as it contains a regulatory sign).

P 001
Distance
P 002
Length
P 003L
Direction - Left
P 003R
Direction - Right
P 004L
Direction and Distance - Left
P 004R
Direction and Distance - Right
P 005
Both Ways
P 010
End
P 011
Cautionary Speed
P 040
Reduce Speed Now
P 041
LRT Information
P 042
Cycle Network Arrow
P 050
Exceptions^{[note 4]}
P 051
Periods of Operation
P 052
Pedestrian Zone
P 053
Parking^{[note 4]}
P 054
km/h
P 055
24-Hour Operation
P 056
Zonal No Parking^{[note 5]}
P 057
Time Limit
P 060
Oncoming Traffic
P 061
Another Train Coming
P 062
Long Low Vehicles
P 063
Traffic Calming Ahead
P 064
Tram Track
P 065
Oil Spill
P 066
Ice
P 067
Safe Headroom
P 068
Turn Off Engine When Stopped
P 069
Hazard^{[note 4]}
P 070
Hazard - Direction and Distance
P 071
Safe Overtaking of Cyclists 1.5m
P 071a
Safe Overtaking of Cyclists 1.0m
P 080
Slow

The following supplementary plates are used exclusively for roadworks signs:

P 081
Concealed Entrance
P 082
Type of Works (used for sign WK 001)^{[note 4]}
P 083
Use Shoulder
P 084
Shoulder Closed
P 085
Unfinished Road Surface
P 086
On Slip Road

Notes

^ ^a ^b Motorways in Denmark, Norway and Sweden use European route numbers exclusively.
^ There are no assigned E-road numbers in this country.
^ European motorway numbers are not displayed on road signs in the United Kingdom
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Text for this sign is variable. Permitted variants are outlined in the TSM.
^ At the end of the restriction, "Ceantar/ZONE" is substituted with "Críoch/END".

References

^ Official Languages Act 2003 Guidebook (PDF) (4 ed.). An Coimisinéir Teanga. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^ Melia, Paul (8 November 2013). "Green light for plan to make road signs 'more Irish'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^ "Dual-Language Road Signs". Conradh na Gaeilge. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^ Maguire, Steven (22 August 2022). "Donegal road signs painted over in support of Irish language". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^ Heneghan, Conor. "Former mayor blasts "idiotic people" defacing place names on road signs in Donegal". JOE. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "English on many road signs defaced". Donegal News. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[primaryroute-1] Motorways in Denmark, Norway and Sweden use European route numbers exclusively.

[noeroute-2] There are no assigned E-road numbers in this country.

[3] European motorway numbers are not displayed on road signs in the United Kingdom

[VarText-10] Text for this sign is variable. Permitted variants are outlined in the TSM.

[11] At the end of the restriction, "Ceantar/ZONE" is substituted with "Críoch/END".

[4] Official Languages Act 2003 Guidebook (PDF) (4 ed.). An Coimisinéir Teanga. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

[5] Melia, Paul (8 November 2013). "Green light for plan to make road signs 'more Irish'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

[6] "Dual-Language Road Signs". Conradh na Gaeilge. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

[7] Maguire, Steven (22 August 2022). "Donegal road signs painted over in support of Irish language". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

[8] Heneghan, Conor. "Former mayor blasts "idiotic people" defacing place names on road signs in Donegal". JOE. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[9] "English on many road signs defaced". Donegal News. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

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