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Met Éireann

Drivers warned as nationwide Status Yellow fog warning issued

The warning will be in place until 10am tomorrow.

MET ÉIREANN HAS issued a Status Yellow fog warning for the entire country, as thousands of people begin their journey home for Christmas. 

The warning, issued this afternoon, took effect from 4pm this afternoon and will be in place until 10am on Saturday. 

AA Ireland has said that traffic levels in Ireland have been at their heaviest in recent years and are unlikely to relent over the festive period. 

The organisation expects that commuter traffic on main routes around the country will peak today and into the weekend.

It is likely that regional towns will see an uptick in traffic over the weekend and early next week as shoppers look for last minute gifts. 

“It’s quite likely that traffic will be a bit more spread out this year than it was in previous years, as those travelling further afield for Christmas may opt to delay their journey into the weekend,” AA director of consumer affairs Conor Faughnan said. 

“However, we do expect that [today] will be a busy day on our roads, with traffic starting to build in the afternoon as the first way of the Christmas exodus takes place.” 

In Dublin, there is heavy traffic around the city, details of which can be found here

Cork City is experiencing very foggy conditions. In Waterford, the fog has started to lift but patches may linger, AA has warned. 

“Drive with extra caution in affected areas and use fog lights where necessary, but remember to turn them off afterwards,” AA said. 

Limerick and Galway are also experiencing heavy traffic this evening. 

AA Roadwatch has a full breakdown of traffic conditions across the country here

Take caution

People are being urged to exercise additional caution when driving this weekend. 

AA Ireland is asking people to allow some extra time for their journeys this weekend, to adjust their speed to weather conditions that present themselves and to there will still be a large number of pedestrians and cyclists on rural and urban roads. 

Motorists who are planning a long-distance journey by car are being reminded of the importance of car maintenance at this time of year.

In particular, they are being asked to check that their tyres and lights are in satisfactory condition.

Weather

The weather is expected to be changeable in the run up to Christmas day, after a week of rain and wind. 

Today has been dry for most of the country, with patches of mist and fog in the midlands. 

Once the fog clears tomorrow Saturday should be dry with sunny spells and showers, with temperatures between five and eight degrees. 

With reporting from Dominic McGrath

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    Mute KTH
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    Nov 21st 2023, 8:32 AM

    So the DUP don’t like being told NO?

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    Mute Temp Stuff
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    Nov 21st 2023, 10:10 AM

    @KTH: typo in the headline ‘UK Gov’, should read ‘English Gov’.

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    Mute Darren McCarthy
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    Nov 21st 2023, 8:33 AM

    Didn’t the DUP blackmail the Tories for £1billion to prop up the government

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    Mute GEORGE STAGG
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    Nov 21st 2023, 9:35 AM

    @Darren McCarthy: where did that dosh

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    Mute Gertrude Gilmore
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    Nov 21st 2023, 10:34 AM

    @Darren McCarthy: That £1Bn went to Stormont to allocate as they saw fit, the entire community benefited with Fibre broadband infrastructure, health and infrastructure amongst other things

    https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/has-the-dup-brought-an-extra-1bn/

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    Nov 21st 2023, 12:57 PM

    @Gertrude Gilmore: Gertrude the unionist.

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    Nov 21st 2023, 1:06 PM

    @Mike smith: Is that a problem, Mike?

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    Mute Todd Hebert
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    Nov 21st 2023, 8:39 AM

    If the elected members of the DUP would get off their dupas and do their job…

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    Mute Gertrude Gilmore
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    Nov 21st 2023, 10:36 AM

    @Todd Hebert: If Sinn Fein would get on with the job and take their seats at Westminster and fight Northern Ireland’s corner regarding funding

    I am one of those who have no Westminster representation as my Sinn Fein MP refuses to take their seat

    They should let the next party, in order of electoral votes take it instead

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    Mute Anthony Curran
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    Nov 21st 2023, 11:19 AM

    @Gertrude Gilmore: Does the same argument apply for Stormont? The DUP have kept Stormont closed now for 2 years. Meanwhile, in Westminster, the Tories ignore them. Maybe one day, the penny will drop.

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    Mute Sean
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    Nov 21st 2023, 11:29 AM

    @Gertrude Gilmore: So just redraw the electoral system when it’s not suiting you Gerty!! Eh.. No! Those days are gone forever. Get used to it xx

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    Mute Gertrude Gilmore
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    Nov 21st 2023, 1:16 PM

    @Anthony Curran: Whataboutery is not an acceptable answer.

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    Mute Martin Mongan
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    Nov 21st 2023, 2:23 PM

    @Gertrude Gilmore: and yet you were first in with whataboutery

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    Mute Daniel Roche
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    Nov 21st 2023, 4:33 PM

    @Gertrude Gilmore: SF says from the start that they will not sit in a English parliament,they are elected on this condition.

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    Mute Gertrude Gilmore
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    Nov 23rd 2023, 10:06 AM

    @Daniel Roche: Just like the DUP said from the start they will not sit in Stormont while the protocol remains, they are elected on this condition.

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    Nov 21st 2023, 8:24 AM

    Sammy hasn’t gone away you know

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    Nov 21st 2023, 11:08 AM

    @Eddienowy Byrne: he should be put away.

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    Nov 21st 2023, 8:34 AM

    The people that get into power are of such low quality is amazing we’re all still here.

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    Mute Nigel Hayden
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    Nov 21st 2023, 9:02 AM

    @Peter Murray: sure FG/FF are a wonderful job aren’t they?

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    Mute Nigel Hayden
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    Nov 21st 2023, 9:04 AM

    @Nigel Hayden: “doing”

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    Nov 21st 2023, 10:32 AM

    @Peter Murray: sad comment…says it all about you really

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    Mute Joe Kelly
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    Nov 21st 2023, 10:35 AM

    @Peter Murray: this has nothing to do with SF, try reading the article

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    Mute Margaret Gallagher
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    Nov 21st 2023, 9:07 AM

    Ah shucks ! We can’t have our cake and eat it guys As long as we get paid ourselves who cares about N. I .? Sing the same old victim tune and make a few loyalty to the union burps to keep the home fires burning and we can continue on our merry way …..

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    Nov 21st 2023, 9:51 AM

    You get what you vote for. DUP believe they are British , gove is telling them they’re living in an alien country to mainland Britain. Surely the DUP are aware people just want to get on with their lives the best way they can.

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    Nov 21st 2023, 11:09 AM

    It’s great to see the tables being turned on the DUP, when someone else says No.

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    Nov 21st 2023, 9:40 AM

    Ah the poor old DUP won’t do their jobs but take the money and expect someone else to do the work. It’s way past time that Westminster told them to F.. off.

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    Mute Anna Carr (Morrigan_Dubh)
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    Nov 21st 2023, 10:27 AM

    They’re the ones blocking everything and messing everything up. They’ve no right to complain in my book.

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    Nov 21st 2023, 10:38 AM

    @Anna Carr (Morrigan_Dubh): Those pesky prods eh….up to no good

    Sorry my dear, but we have every right to complain, and you and people like you will not deny us our rights.

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    Mute Sean
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    Nov 21st 2023, 11:35 AM

    @Gertrude Gilmore: Anna never mentioned religion. You did! Forever stoking sectarian division and then demanding your “rights” to do so. Bottom feeders

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    Nov 21st 2023, 1:13 PM

    @Sean: yes Sean, Anna just referred to them as “they” – It amounts to the same, don’t you think? Loyalist/Prods whatever…She was hardly talking about Hindus

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    Nov 21st 2023, 2:07 PM

    @SYaxJ2Ts: how about just unionists ?

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    Nov 21st 2023, 2:28 PM

    @Gertrude Gilmore: complaining that you don’t get special treatment anymore and the mainland uk wants absolutely nothing got to do with you so instead of acting like grow ups refuse to go back to work till you get special treatment hahahah

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    Nov 21st 2023, 2:47 PM

    @Gertrude Gilmore: I think the great great British government is doing that by their actions. It’s got nothing to do with religion Britney has is bankrupting the Britain while Northern Ireland and Ireland enjoy the European market.

    Time to accept that Northern Ireland is alien to mainland Britain .

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    Nov 21st 2023, 3:20 PM

    @SYaxJ2Ts: “They” as in the DUP kev. Where the hell are you and Gerty getting any religious element from what was said? That type of sectarian mindset is to be pitied. Some of our greatest republicans were Protestant, including the “Father” of Irish Republicanism, Wolfe Tone

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    Nov 21st 2023, 4:12 PM

    @Sean: Fair enough Sean. A mis read on my part. I have far from a sectarian mindset

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    Nov 21st 2023, 4:36 PM

    @Gertrude Gilmore: Why bring religion into it,I fully support your rights,I support the rights of every Irish person on the island of Ireland.

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    Nov 21st 2023, 4:40 PM

    @SYaxJ2Ts: No it doesn’t,the father of republicanism was a Protestant,a president of the GAA was a Protestant,there are republican songs celebrating protestants,the Catholic church was no friend to republicans,the Catholic church supported king Billy,so no you can’t bring religion into it.

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    Nov 21st 2023, 6:35 PM

    @SYaxJ2Ts: Fair enough Kevin

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    Nov 21st 2023, 10:55 AM

    Thats how the world works Sammy.you have to go to work.

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    Nov 21st 2023, 11:03 AM

    It must be a requirement to have an IQ of less than 7 to join the DUP.Will they ever cop on to the fact that the Union does not want them?.They really are letting everyone down by not returning to the Assembly and unfortunately it’s the ordinary folk from both communities that’s suffering because of them.

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    Nov 21st 2023, 10:00 AM

    Good, delighted.

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    Nov 21st 2023, 10:39 AM

    Sammy the knuckle dragger.

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    Nov 21st 2023, 11:14 AM

    But but the DUP are loyal flegggggggggg loving servants to king charlie and the crown and the westminister knob heads said nooooooooo to them…….How will orange sammy and Jeremy take such devasting news

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    Nov 21st 2023, 12:00 PM

    Who is it that the Loyalists are Loyal to again?

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    Nov 21st 2023, 11:30 AM

    I don’t understand why The Journal only allows comments on a small selection of their articles. Looks like censorship to me. Disappointing.

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    Nov 21st 2023, 1:13 PM

    NO work= NO pay

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    Nov 21st 2023, 12:28 PM

    Ha féicin ha!

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    Nov 21st 2023, 9:06 AM

    Micheal Gove always struck me as possibly being that oxymoron, a Reasonable Tory.

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    Nov 21st 2023, 10:40 AM
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    Nov 21st 2023, 11:33 AM

    @Sean O’Dhubhghaill: Your reason radar might be on the blink Sean

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    Nov 21st 2023, 1:52 PM

    Piggies squealing that their trough isn’t being filled. Get back to work and earn it DUP

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    Nov 21st 2023, 12:24 PM

    Another circular firing squad.

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    Nov 21st 2023, 12:52 PM

    The usual tribal mix at play. DUP has failed NI economically, politically and socially. However the beauts in SF want to use that as a stick to tell us “we told you so so you better elect us for governing the whole island etc…”.
    Is this going to make the DUP see the light? SF have nothing to offer us except FFG without the suits and accents, but the same BS. If this is the quality of public representation, we’re all goosed.

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