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LAST UPDATE | 6 Dec 2021
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES will not open in 12 counties tomorrow due to hazardous weather conditions created by Storm Barra.
Met Éireann has issued a status red wind warning for counties Cork, Clare and Kerry tomorrow, while status orange warnings were issued for counties Limerick, Waterford, Galway, Mayo, Wexford, Dublin, Louth, Wicklow and Meath.
The meteorological service advised that there is a strong possibility that some of the counties that are currently in status orange will be upgraded to status red.
The Department of Education has advised schools across the 12 counties not to open tomorrow because of the approaching storm.
A statement from the department said: “Due to the significant nature of Storm Barra, as forecast by Met Éireann and to give sufficient notice to schools and parents/guardians, the Department is advising that all schools covered by the Red Alert and Orange warning from Met Éireann should not open tomorrow, 7 December.
All schools should keep up-to-date with the current weather warnings which are carried on all national and local news bulletins and in particular any change in the status warning for their area.
The Department of Further and Higher Education has also advised all universities, colleges and further education facilities in the areas covered by the red and orange warnings not to open tomorrow.
🚨 Due to the significant nature of #StormBarra the Department is advising that all universities, colleges and further education facilities covered by the Red and Orange wind warnings from Met Éireann should not open tomorrow, 7 December. pic.twitter.com/iK8zTcgJu6
— Department of Further and Higher Education (@DeptofFHed) December 6, 2021
Banks and courts in status red warning counties will also be closed tomorrow, it emerged this evening.
“Courts are cancelled for tomorrow in Weather Red Alert Counties. Courts in Kerry, Cork, Clare and Newcastle West are cancelled to future dates.”
Met Éireann said the weather warnings for Cork and Kerry will be in place from 6am until 9pm tomorrow as Storm Barra arrives, bringing “severe and damaging wind gusts” across the country.
The red warning in Clare is currently set to be in place from 4pm tomorrow until 1am on Wednesday. An orange warning will then be in place in the Banner county until 6am on Wednesday.
Coastal flooding is expected in the three counties due to a combination of high waves, storm surge and high tide. There will also likely be disruptions to power and travel.
A number of flights arriving and departing from Cork Airport tomorrow have been cancelled.
The warnings for Limerick, Waterford, Galway, Mayo and Wexford are currently set to lapse at 6am on Wednesday.
Those issued for Dublin, Louth, Wicklow and Meath will expire at 1pm tomorrow.
Red warnings are rare. Met Éireann uses them to make people aware of very dangerous weather conditions. When red warnings are in place people are advised to take action to protect themselves and their property.
Status Orange warnings signify infrequent and dangerous weather conditions which may pose a threat to life and property. All people and property in the affected areas could potentially be significantly impacted.
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sensible.
Lucky fekers scoring a day off school for an orange warning
@Pol Mlp: Def won’t… online learning thanks to covid has ended any snow days or storm days
@C: “Power gone” Sorted.
@David: We ask for abuse sometimes don’t we… lol
@C: you’d think that would be the case. I have 3 kids in 3 schools, primary and secondary, none will be doing online learning.
@C: We won’t be the only profession pulling that card tomorrow!
@Pol Mlp: I work in a hospital so no such luck for me, at least I only live 2 km away. I pity those who ave to commute long distances!!!
@C: no online learning for unplanned closes
@pkunzip doom2.zip: I know for a fact further education will be online
Makes sense. Windows open and lunch breaks outside due to covid would make for VERY unsafe conditions in schools.
Looking like a day for the TV and a few cans tomorrow.
@Billy McNamara: until the power goes…
@Ron Kingston: Then it’s just the cans
@C: lol
@Ron Kingston: hope yours gos Ron:)
Maybe this storm is a blessing in disguise in relation to covid numbers.
@Paul Quinlan: yeah, for a day
@Paul Quinlan: are you for real
@Paul Quinlan: ah will ye take a day off, with the covid talk
Makes perfect sense….. The Co2 monitors would be blown off the walls in the classrooms with all windows open and cost the government a fortune to replace …. That Norma is sharp …..
How pathetic. Many’s the time I had to walk two miles, to and from school in the howling wind, snow and rain. The snowflake brigade have destroyed the country.
@Mike Dunne: ya see they name them storms nowadays. So that makes them much more powerful. It was just called stong wind or very strong wind back in the day
@Mike Dunne: yep, same here. We couldn’t afford shoes, so walked through the cold snow I our bare feet.
@Mike Dunne: And uphill both ways!
@Mike Dunne: You are in danger of beginning to sound like a Monty Python sketch.i
ESB lads are going to be busy.
I just hope we don’t lose power, it’s makes the day long.
@joanne healy: If it’s only a day, it’s not so bad. I’m always conscious of the fact that a power line being down might have been a fatal accident instead of a local inconvenience. The ESB generally get power back on within a couple of hours, all credit to them. I’m charging up power banks and a camping lantern just in case though.
We love over exaggerating stuff in this country.
I say lock it all down, Just in case! Could do with a day off..
Looking like a day for beside the fire with a few cans watching the racing tomorrow.
@Billy McNamara: Hope you have the power for that
@Billy McNamara: no work
Any excuse, guarantee this will be a storm in a teacup.
Orange warning only covers East Meath, according to Met Eireann, so the schools in Central and Western Meath should be open!!!!
@Fergal O’Hagan: Meath sounds like a huge county.
It should be all schools should close all over the country what planet is this government on
The morning run could be interesting…
@Lee King Buckett: If there’s flooding, half of Dublin will be driving via the mountains to stay above water. Plan your detours for higher ground!
What if In the morning and the rest of the country goes into red warning and the kids are already in school in the yellow warning areas who will take responsibility for a disastrous forecast
@Mick Dunne: make your own decision in the morning when you see what the weather is like in your area whether to send your children to school or not.
@Mick Dunne: Make up your own mind, why do you need people to tell you what to do? Plus its the weather in can change in a heartbeat…..
Yet private sector workers are expected to go to work as normal.
‘Bring your child to work’ Day?
@Hugh Mc Donnell: Do you think schools are closing because teachers are public sector workers or could it be for the safety of the hundreds of thousands of children and their families?
Fire lit by 10am
All classes online so…. or maybe not , blame power outages etc etc.
@Peter Roche: Put the teachers on the PUP for the day too. Lazy sods.
@Brian Murphy: defo the cheek of them, sure they caused the storm to close schools to have a day off. Doesn’t matter that children/parents could be injured from possible falling trees etc on the way to or from school just so long as teachers have the day off
@Brian Murphy: Would be bliss, 350 a week doing nothing
@Sue OB: We were all sucking that storm system our way in the staff room today. Pints at midday tomorrow.
@Mike Dé Vere: You wouldn’t be long going bonkers. One thing covid has taught me is how much I enjoy teaching in a classroom.
@Brian Murphy: agree
@Brian Murphy: Without a doubt!
Work in a yellow. Live in a red. What then?
@TheReacher: if your in a red zone when the weather warning kicks in you shelter in place. Enjoy your day off!
Hmm Terry’s chocolate orange storm
Wish I was a teacher !
Banks. Why banks. Why not hairdressers
So Storm Barra, doing more to prevent the spread of Covid than this Government
Barra Best??
Ffs
BLISS
Schools closed .. teachers must be delighted
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