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Tesco Locations in Ireland

Tesco Ireland are growing all the time – and their online shopping coverage is almost nationwide – with about 85% of the population able to shop online at Tesco.
All the main cities and towns are covered as well as many smaller villages and rural areas. It is surprising how far the Tesco delivery vans  will go.
If you register  here on the Tesco IE Website you can find out if your address is covered.

After you register – just click on the “Start Shopping” link an dif your address is covered in the delivery area – you will be able to continue shopping.
You can also register at one address and have shopping delivered to another addresses – such as a holiday home or a relatives address.

The online Tesco Store Locator never seems to be working. It seems you have to register with Tesco before it will work .  You Can Register Here

These are the locations and telephone numbers of the Tesco shops in Ireland
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ABBEYFEALE, Colbert Terrace, Abbeyfeale, Limerick, Tel: 068 51195

ARDKEEN Ardkeen, Tel: 051 311255 Filling station

ASHBOURNE,Frederick Street,Ashbourne,Meath,Tel: 1890928512

Athlone , Golden Island Shopping Centre, Athlone, Westmeath, Tel: 1800 455454

TESCO BAILIESBORO, Thomas Street, Cavan, Tel: 042-9675055

TESCO BALLINA, Market Square, Ballina, Mayo, Tel: 096 21056

TESCO BALLINAMORE, New Line Road, Ballinamore, Leitrim, Tel:

TESCO BALLINASLOE, Dunlo Town Centre, County Galway, Tel: 0909-650100 Filling station

TESCO BALLINROBE, Claremorris Road,Mayo Tel: 949541782

TESCO BETTYSTOWN, Narrow Ways,Bettystown,Meath, Tel: 041 9827406

TESCO BIRR, Railway Road, Birr, Offaly, Tel: 05791 – 69081

TESCO CARLOW, Fairgreen Shopping Centre, Carlow, Tel: 599139140

TESCO CARRICK ON SHANNON Dublin Road, Carrick on Shannon, Leitrim, Tel: 719671551

TESCO CASHEL,  Cahir Road, Cashel, Tipperary,Tel: 062-64620 Filling Station

TESCO CASTLEBAR, Market Square, Castlebar, Mayo,Tel: 1890-928416

TESCO CASTLEPOLLARD Castlepollard Shopping Centre, Westmeath, tel: 04496 62250

TESCO CAVAN, Main St/Pearce St, Cavan Town, Tel: (049)4331422

TESCO CELBRIDGE,Maynooth Road,Celbridge,Kildare,Tel: 16274126

TESCO CLAREMORRIS, Silverbridge Shopping Centre, Claremorris, Mayo,Tel: 094 9372234 Filling station

TESCO CLONMEL EXTRA, Powerstown centre, Clonmel, Tipperary Tel: 526181660 Filling station

TESCO COONAGH, Coonagh Cross, Coonagh, Co Limerick, Tel: 061-327899

TESCO CRUMLIN,Crumlin Shopping Centre,Crumlin,Dublin 12,Tel: 1890928433

TESCO DENNEHEYS CROSS EXPRESS, Orchard Gardens, Cork City, Tel: 021 – 4541412

TESCO DOUGLAS EXTRA, Douglas Village Shopping Centre, Douglas, Tel: 021 4857357

TESCO DROGHEDA EXTRA,Donore Road,Drogheda,Louth,Tel: 041 9878501 Filling station

TESCO TESCO DROGHEDA,West Street,Drogheda,Louth,Tel: 041 9839607

TESCO DUBLIN BALLYFERMOT,Upper Ballyfermot Road,Ballyfermot,Dublin 10,Tel: 01 6266654

TESCO DUBLIN BALLYMUN,Number 7 Towers Centre,Ballymun,Dublin 11,Tel: 01 8421011

TESCO DUBLIN BLANCHARDSTOWN,Roselawn Shopping Centre,Blanchardstown,Dublin 15,

TESCO DUBLIN CLONDALKIN,Booth Road,Clondalkin,Dublin 22,Tel: 01 4593393

TESCO DUBLIN DRUMCONDRA,22A Upper Drumcondra Road,Drumcondra,Dublin 9,Tel: 01 8377632

TESCO DUBLIN INCHICORE EXPRESS,38-41 Tyrconnell Place,Inchicore,Dublin 18,Tel: 14200025

TESCO DUBLIN RATHCOOLE EXPRESS,Main Street,Rathcoole,Co. Dublin,Tel: 01-4010375

TESCO DUBLIN SANTRY,Omnipark,Santry,Dublin 9,Tel: 18429122

DUBLIN TALLAGHT,The Square Shopping Centre,Tallaght,Dublin 24,Tel: 12152000

DUBLIN TEMPLE BAR,40-47 Fleet Street,Dublin,Dublin 2,Tel: 1890928523

TESCO DUNDALK,Dundalk Shopping Centre,Dundalk,Co Louth,Tel: 042 93323353

TESCO Dundalk,Longwalk Shopping Centre,Co. Louth,Tel: 429327277

TESCO Dundrum Town Centre,Dundrum,Dublin 16,Tel: 01-2991030 – Filling station

TESCO EDENDERRY, clonmullen Industrial Estate, Offaly, Tel: 469732680 Filling station

TESCO ENNIS, Francis Street, Ennis, Clare Tel: 065-6829722

TESCO GALWAY,Galway Shopping Centre, Tel: 091 561261

TESCO KILLARNEY PARK, Deerpark Road, Killarney, Kerry, Tel: 646637993 Filling station

TESCO  KILLARNEY, New St, Killarney, Kerry, Tel: 064 6632866

TESCO  KILRUSH, Ennis Road, Kilrush, Clare, Tel: 065-9051438

TESCO  LETTERKENNY,Letterkenny Shopping Centre,Letterkenny,Donegal,Tel: 074 23814

TESCO Limerick A rthurs Quay,Limerick City,Tel: 061 411067

TESCO Limerick Roxboro Shopping Centre, Limerick, Tel: 061-416839

TESCO Limerick , Crescent Shopping Centre, Dooradoyle, Limerick, Tel: 061-229933

TESCO LISDUGGAN, Waterford Shopping Centre, Lisduggan, Waterford, Tel: 51372051

TESCO  LONGFORD, Rear Main Street, Longford, Tel: 043 33 47300

TESCO  LUCAN,Tesco Shopping Centre,Lucan,Co. Dublin,Tel: 16282304

TESCO  MAHON, Mahon Point Shopping Centre, Mahon, Tel: 021-497-2018

TESCO MALLOW, Park Road, Mallow, Cork, Tel: (022)22933

TESCO MAYNOOTH EXTRA,Carton Park,Maynooth,Kildare,Tel: (01) 6549700 Filling station

TESCO MIDLETON, Market Green Shopping Centre, Midleton, Cork, Tel: 0214636151

TESCO MITCHELSTOWN, Brigowan Road, Mitchelstown, Cork, Tel: 025 86015

TESCO  MONAGHAN,Dawson Street,Monaghan Town,Monaghan,Tel: 4771525

TESCO  MULLINGAR, Ashe Road, Mullingar, Westmeath, Tel: 044-9341022 Filling station

TESCO NAAS, Blessington Road, Naas, Kildare, Tel: 045-879633

TESCO  NAVAN,Navan Shopping Centre,Navan,Meath,Tel: 469022872

TESCO   NENAGH, Ormand Street,Nenagh Tel: 067 50602

TESCO  NEW ROSS, Bosheen Road, New Ross, Wexford, Tel: 051-440393 Filling station

TESCO NEWBRIDGE, Moorefield, Newbridge, Kildare, Tel: 045 432992

TESCO  NEWCASTLE WEST, Limerick Road, Newcastle west, Limerick, Tel: 069 66095

TESCO  PAUL ST CORK, Paul Street Shopping Centre, Cork City, Tel: 214270791

TESCO POLEBERRY, Bath Street, Poleberry, Waterford, Tel: 51878000

TESCO PORTLAOISE Laois Shopping Centre, Portlaoise, Laois, Tel: 1890928432

TESCO RATHFARNHAM,Rathfarnham Shopping Centre,Rathfarnham,Dublin 14,Tel: (01)4938527

TESCO ROSCOMMON, Market Yard,Roscommon Town, Tel: 906637474

TESCO ROSCREA, Roscrea, Tipperary, Tel: 0505 22777

TESCO  SLIGO, O’Connell Street, tel: 719162788

TESCO  THURLES, Liberty Square, Thurles, Tipperary, Tel: 50421855
TESCO TIPPERARY, Limerick Road, Tipperary Town, Tel: 6233753

TESCO TRALEE Manor West Retail Park, Tralee, Kerry,

TRALEE SQUARE, Abbeycourt, Tralee, Kerry, Tel: 667121110

TRAMORE, Summerhill, Tramore, Waterford, Tel: 51330558 Filling station

TULLAMORE EXTRA, Portarlington Road, Tullamore, Offaly, Tel: 1890928432 Filling station

TESCO TULLOW, Abbey St, Tullow, Carlow, Tel: 059 9151666

TESCO  WESTPORT, Westpoint Shopping Centre,Mayo, Tel: 098-501250

TESCO WILTON, Sarfield Road, Cork, Cork, Tel: 214386500

TESCO  YOUGHAL, Mill Road, Youghal, Cork, Tel: 024 20233

Towns with the Best Broadband Speeds

According to speed tests carried out on Speedtest.net – between Sept 2008 and MArch 20011 these are the Top 10 towns with  fastest internet download speeds in Ireland

1. Lucan 15.33 Mbps
2. Maynooth  12.84 Mbps
3. Celbridge  11.53 Mbps
4. Swords  11.25  Mbps
5. Kilcock 10.76 Mbps
6. Naas  10.73 Mbps
7. Newbridge 10.68 Mbps
8. Carlow 9.39 Mbps
9. Athlone 9.31 Mbps
10. Dublin  8.88Mbps

By comparison – the same speed test site has the top 10 UK towns with average speeds ranging from 21Mbps to 29 Mbps. The top Irish town wouldn’t make it into the top 50 in the UK.

Cork came out with an av speed of 5.54 Mbps while Galway did slightly better with 6.28Mbps.
Tuam was the slowest shown – with av speeds of 1.31 Mbps

For Upload Speeds – these were the top ten Irish towns or cities

1 Dundalk 2.55 Mbps
2 Carlow 2.09 Mbps
3 Wicklow 1.90 Mbps
4 Athlone 1.76 Mbps
5 Lucan 1.70 Mbps
6 Maynooth 1.66 Mbps
7 Waterford 1.46 Mbps
8 Tralee 1.40 Mbps
9 Cavan 1.40 Mbps
10. Tipperary 1.33 Mbps

Overall – on the speedtest site – Ireland ranks in 52nd place. Results were obtained by analyzing test data between Feb 12, 2011 and Mar 13, 2011. Tests from 1,100,532 unique IPs have been taken in this country and of 7,145,506 total tests, 13,914 are being used for the current Index.

Dublin Locations of Speed Cameras

Dublin City Speed Cameras

Mobile speed cameras are being introduced in Dublin and nationwide to try and  reduce the incidence of fatal and serious injuries and improve road safety.

An Garda Síochána, in conjunction with the National Roads Authority have identified secctions of road  where a significant proportion of accidents occurred due to speeding.

These are the “speed enforcement zones” within Dublin that may be  be monitored by the new  GoSafe mobile camera vans or by Garda

Here is map from Garda.ie showing the roads in Dublin where the private contractor GoSafe will be monitoring with mobile speed cameras in vans. (Shown in Red – Zoom in for better view)

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Speed Cameras – in Kildare

The Gardai have specified the following stretches of road as “Speed Enforcement Zones ” – they will be targeted by the GArdai to try and reduce drivers speeds.

County Kildare Possible Mobile Speed Camera Locations

This is a map showing the roads where GoSAfe mobile cameras will be operating.

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Top Ten Towns for Home Ownership

Owner Occupiers
In Ireland just over 28% of all housing is rented – either from Private landlords or local Authorities. Seventy two percent of homes ore owned. This is similar to 2004 figures from the UK of 30% of rented dwellings. According to figures from the Irish 2006 census – for towns with populations over 1500 – the town in Ireland with the largest percentage of homeowners is Portmarnock.
Portmarnock has 80.34% of housing units occupied by the owner.Top Ten towns for percentage of Home ownership in Ireland:
Portmarnock 80.33 %
Malahide 78.05
Enniskerry 77.71
Leixlip 76.1
Celbridge 75.86
Dunboyne 75.49
Ratoath 74.78
Donabate 74.12
Annacotty 73.07
Stamullen 72.39

Biggest Broadband Uptake in Ireland

Malahide has the highest broadband uptake rate in Ireland.
The percentage of households in Malahide with broadband internet access is the highest of all large towns in Ireland – at 46.34%. Malahide also has the second highest rate of PC ownership – at 78.05% of households owning at least one personal computer. (Portmarnock is top at 80.33%).
Broadband uptake varies enourmously across Ireland – the two main factors influencing uptake would be availability and also economic status.
Portmarnock, Leixlip, Dunboyne, Celbridge, Greystones, Donabate, Skerries, Annacotty, Naas, Ratoath, Rathcoole and Maynooth all have broadband uptake of more than 33% of households.
The uptake figure nationally is 19.98%.
Some towns have a broadband uptake as low as 3.2% (Castlebridge).
Other towns with low broadband uptake are Clogherhead, Ballyjamesduff, Bunclody/Carrickduff, Stamullen , Kilcoole, Ballyhaunis – all with less than 10% of households with a broadband connection.