Revealed: Pope Francis' route around Dublin this Saturday and what traffic restrictions you might face

The route that Pope Francis will take through Dublin City Centre on Saturday has been revealed, and Gardaí are warning of major traffic restrictions being put in place in the country’s capital as a result.

Assistant Garda Commissioner Pat Leahy revealed the route on Today FM this afternoon.

The Pope will be going through the city centre by travelling up O’Connell Street and around by Westmoreland Street and Dame Street after crossing O’Connell Bridge. He will then go up towards Christchurch and come down by Bridge Street before crossin Church Street and into the Brother Kevin's in the Capuchin Centre."

Garda Leahy said that there will be some delays for traffic, but the M50 will remain open on Saturday, though parts of the ringroad around Dublin will be closed on Sunday at times.

"The M50 is open on both days, there will be some restrictions on the Sunday where you won't get by, but overall the M50 is open for business,” he said.

"The Port Tunnel is open for business, the East Link is open for business. We will facilitate people to move around as much as possible when it is safe to do so, the city is not in lock down but when we pull half a million people into that zone it will become unsafe to put traffic into that mix.”