Opening Hours & Public Holidays

The Horner School of English is open from 08:30 – 17:15 hrs, Monday to Friday.  School is closed on Saturday & Sunday.

Evening courses operate from 18.30 to 20.30 hrs on Tuesday & Thursday.  Our office stays open untill 19.00 hrs on Tuesday & Thursday to assist students registering for evening courses.

 Dates of the public holidays in 2012 (School Closed):

19 March 2012 – Public Holiday
09 Apr 2012 – Easter Monday (*school is open  on Good Friday)
07 May 2012 – Public Holiday
04 June 2012 – Public Holiday
06 Aug 2012 – Public Holiday (**see note below)
29 Oct 2012 – Public Holiday

We open for class on GOOD FRIDAY we  close for EASTER MONDAY .

** 06th August 2012 – school open from 10.00 – 13.00 for grading test only.  New students arriving that weekend should come to the school between 10.00 hrs – 10.30 hrs to sit the grading test and receive their class documents & timetables.

Christmas Vacation 2012: From 17th December 2012 to 6th January 2013.  Classes remain closed during the Christmas vacation.  The administration office will remain open to facilitate students wishing to reserve courses and accommodation.  Classes start again on 7th Jan 2013.

Train and Bus Services

For further information on the bus and train services in Dublin and Ireland, please visit the following websites -

• Dublin Bus – buses in and from Dublin city centre
• DART train – DART trains in and from Dublin city centre
• Irish Rail – trains between major Irish towns and cities
• Bus Eireann – buses between major Irish towns and cities

Airport Transfers

The Horner School of English transfer service from Dublin Airport to host family or alternative accommodation costs €70.00 for an arrival transfer and €70.00 for a departure transfer.

Students booking this extra service will be met by a representative of the school and transferred to their accommodation. The meeting point for all transfers is the information desk in the main arrivals hall of Dublin airport.

Alternative transport links from Dublin Airport to Dublin City Centre/train network

Taxi – There is a taxi rank directly outside the arrivals hall at Dublin Airport that operates 24 hours per day. We are very happy to advise the approximate cost of taxi from Dublin airport to the host family or other accommodation options. Average cost per journey is €25.00/€30.00.

Bus 747 (Airlink) – Departs from outside Terminal 1 & Terminal 2, every 15 minutes. Cost EUR 6.00 per person. Route: From Dublin Airport to Heuston Rail Station, stopping in different city centre locations along the way, e.g. O’Connell Street, Central Bus Station, Temple Bar. Average journey is 30 minutes, up to 55 minutes during rush hour. Service is available: 06.00 – 23.30hrs Monday to Saturday, 07.00 – 23.20hrs Sunday. http://www.dublinbus.ie/PageFiles/110/Airlink%20Brochure.pdf

Air Coach – a private bus service, links all major Dublin city hotels with the airport, cost EUR €7.00. Departs every 15 minutes. Service is available: 05.00 – 24.00hrs. After 24.00 hours service is available every hour.

Weather

The dominant influence on Ireland’s climate is the Atlantic Ocean. Consequently, Ireland does not suffer from the extremes of temperature experienced by many other countries at similar latitude.

January 4 °C	February 6 °C	March 7 °C	April 7 °C	May 10 °C	June 11 °C
July 13 °C	August 13 °C	September 10 °C	October 8 °C	November 5 °C	December 3 °C

Average annual temperature is about 9 °C. In the middle and east of the country temperatures tend to be somewhat more extreme than in other parts of the country. For example, summer mean daily maximum is about 19 °C and winter mean daily minimum is about 2.5 °C in these areas.

Mean annual windspeed varies between about 4 m/sec in the east midlands and 7 m/sec in the northwest. Strong winds tend to be more frequent in winter than in summer. Sunshine duration is highest in the southeast of the country. Average rainfall varies between about 800 and 2,800mm.

With southwesterly winds from the Atlantic dominating, rainfall figures are highest in the northwest, west and southwest of the country, especially over the higher ground. Rainfall accumulation tends to be highest in winter and lowest in early summer.

The annual number of days with more than 1 mm of rain varies between about 150 in the drier parts and over 200 in the wetter parts of the country.