Road opening licence

From: Tipperary County Council
Published on: 15 December 2022
Last updated on: 12 April 2025

A Road Opening Licence allows the holder to excavate a section of public road, i.e. carriageway/footway and associated grass verge.

A licence is required if an individual/contractor wishes to open a footpath, road or street for any reason.

A new National Online Road Licensing system called MRL (Maproad Roadworks Licensing) is operational and is managed and supported by the Roads Management Office (RMO) nationally. All applications for road openings in County Tipperary must be made via this new website from the 1st July 2016 and paper based applications will no longer be accepted.