Dublin – Cherbourg Route: Sailing Disruption due to Technical / Operational reasons

In the event that your sailing is disrupted, we can usually offer the following option:

Re-Route via Landbridge through Britain

What you need to know:

• Landbridge will be a combination of an Ireland – Britain sailing (on Irish Ferries Dublin-Holyhead or Rosslare-Pembroke routes) with an Irish Ferries Britain-France sailing (on the Dover Calais route)

Approximate driving times:

• • Dover / Holyhead = c. 6 hrs 30 mins – 7 hrs
  • Dover / Pembroke Dock = 5 hrs 30 mins – 6 hrs
• There will be no extra ticket cost for Irish Ferries booking your landbridge crossings
• Fuel costs for driving through Britain will be re-imbursed in line with our fuel policy
• The next sailing times for these routes can be consulted here

If you wish to opt for a Landbridge re-routing, please email landbridge@irishferries.com stating

1. Your booking reference.
2. Lead passenger name.

In the event of a cancellation for technical reasons, we are required to ensure you reach your destination with minimum delay and will therefore will always propose the earliest possible landbridge sailings.

Dublin – Cherbourg Route: Sailing Disruption due to Technical / Operational reasons

In the event that your sailing is disrupted, we can always offer the following option:

Cancellation & Full Refund

What you need to know

• If you do not wish to continue with your travel, or wish to make your own travel plans, we can cancel your booking and process a full refund.
• For bookings made directly with Irish Ferries, this will be processed to the card used to make the booking
• For bookings made via a third party/agent, this refund will need to be processed by them

If you wish to opt for a Cancellation and Refund of a booking made directly with Irish Ferries, please email CancellationRequest@irishferries.com stating

1. Your booking reference
2. Lead passenger name

Your refund will be processed, and no further action is required by you.

For bookings made by a third party/agent, please contact them directly to process your cancellation.

Dublin – Cherbourg Route: Sailing Disruption due to Technical / Operational reasons

In the event that your sailing is disrupted, we may be able to offer the following option:

Transfer to Alternative Sailings

(subject to availability)

What you need to know:

• Transfer to alternative sailings with either Irish Ferries or other operators is subject to availability of space and suitable alternative sailings:
  • In times of weather disruption and/or peak dates, there may be no space available due to weather cancellations or insufficient space due to being fully booked.
• In the event of a cancellation for technical reasons, we are required to ensure you reach your destination with minimum delay and will therefore will always propose the earliest possible alternative sailings where available.

If you wish to discuss alternative sailing options, we recommend you call us to discuss what is available – please see our contact details here.

For bookings made by a third party/agent, please contact them directly to process your cancellation.