Linking Cork airport to the city center

Linking Cork airport to the city center

Aéroport de Cork - © Patryk Kosmider

Cork airport offers a regular shuttle bus service between the airport and Cork city center, as well as many other destinations in Ireland (Dublin, Galway, Belfast…etc.). Buses and coaches are located at the front of the terminal. Normal travel time from Cork airport to Parnell Place bus station is 20 minutes. Customers can buy bus tickets on the bus or from the ticket machine located outside the terminal at the bus stop.

Bus links from Cork airport to the city center

Regular shuttles at bargain prices!

From Cork airport, you can take Bus Éireann’s 226 and 226A buses to Parnell Place bus station, Cork city’s main bus station. The same sbus will take you back to the airport.

Bus 252, operated by Bus Éireann, also runs from the airport to Parnell Place, with a shuttle bus in the opposite direction to Kinsale, Innishannon, Bandon, Clonakilty, Owenahincha Cross, Rosscarbery, Leap, Skibbereen, Ballydehob, Bantrt, Glengarriff and Kenmare.

To find out more about these Bus Éireann routes to and from Cork airport, click here.

Bus Éireann’s 225 bus leaves from Cork airport and travels to Ballygarvan, Carrigaline, Ringaskiddy and Haulbowline. This bus leaves Cork airport every 30 minutes and runs from 05:00 to 00:30 every day. For a more detailed schedule, click here.

Other destinations from Cork airport by bus

Cork & Dublin

To find out more about Bus Eireann’s services to and from Cork City from Cork Airport and beyond, visit: Bus Eireann.

Galway & Limerick

To find out more about Citylink services to/from Cork airport in Galway and Limerick, visit: City Link.



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