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LAST UPDATE | 6 Dec 2024
PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND ferries have been disrupted as Storm Darragh is about to set in across the country.
From 10pm tonight, there’ll be a Status Red wind warning in place in Mayo, Clare and Galway, with Met Éireann forecasting extremely strong gusts.
Another Red wind warning will be in place for Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, and Wicklow from later tonight or the early hours of tomorrow, depending on the county.
A Status Orange wind warning is issued for the rest of the country.
Here’s how Storm Darragh will impact public transport and the ferry services.
A large number of Bus Éireann services around the country are cancelled this evening.
Expressway routes affected will include Wexford to Dublin, Ballina to Dublin, Sligo to Dublin, Donegal to Dublin, and Letterkenny to Dublin.
You can find all cancellations and time changes buseireann.ie/news/Storm-Darragh.
In Limerick, the 301, 302, 303 and 306 are delayed by up to 40 minutes.
Galway routes 401, 404, 405, 406 and 407 are also experiencing delays.
Update: 20:00hrs 06.12.2024 #StormDarragh
— Transport for Ireland (@TFIupdates) December 6, 2024
Services on some routes will operate at a reduced speed this evening and tomorrow:
Westport/Ballina/Galway to Athlone.
Sligo to Longford
Rosslare to Bray
A full schedule of services to operate on Saturday 07.12.2024@TFIupdates
In a statement, Bus Éireann said it advises all intending passengers to check the ‘Service Updates’ section of the website before travelling.
It said it will continue to monitor Met Éireann’s weather advisories as well as road conditions over the weekend.
“The safety of our passengers and staff is of paramount importance to Bus Éireann and we would encourage all customers to plan their journeys in advance, allowing extra time for their journey, during this period of adverse weather.
“Bus Éireann apologises to customers for any inconvenience caused.”
There are ongoing delays and disruption to services on the Galway/Westport routes. Services have resumed, but some services have been held to allow trains to pass, creating a backlog in the area.
@IrishRail on X has the latest developments on this route and others, or search for specific services on the website and app.
Irish Ferries has told passengers some services will be disrupted during the storm.
The Dublin to Cherbourg service scheduled for 6.30pm this evening has been delayed to 6am on Sunday morning. The 4.30pm Cherbourg to Dublin crossing has been cancelled.
Two of tomorrow’s journeys, the 4pm Dublin to Cherbourg service and the 6.30pm Cherbourg to Dublin, were also cancelled.
Latest updates on specific services can be found on the Irish Ferries website.
Stenaline has said that, due to Storm Daragh, all sailings between Rosslare and Fishguard tomorrow, 7 December have been cancelled.
The 7.30pm sailing this evening and the 8.50am sailing on Sunday have also been cancelled.
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The Dublin to Galway train is it’s usual stop start self, and it’s nothing to do with the weather. Honestly how in 2024 on probably one of the busiest routes in the country, can sections of the line be only single rail? For a supposedly wealthy country it’s shocking, is it any wonder people prefer their cars!!
@The Firestarter: some people just don’t want to take the risk of having to sit beside a people before profit supporter
@The Firestarter: And no rail link to the airport from the city, third world countries have that!
@Brian Hunt: they will probably get bam in to cobble one together with some left over bits from the children’s hospital just before the next election
The luas won’t be running in Galway , Limerick or Cork.
@Mr “JonnieBoy” Johnson: Not in our lifetimes anyway
Weather warning for wind……so put up a picture of a bus in snow……. Ok……
Well anyway everyone stay safe out there,
Too dangerous for the buses, they will be blown over with 200mph winds. Sensible decision.
It’s better to stay indoors tonight while the storm is passing by I suspect.
These Red,Orange,Yellow weather warnings get boring after a while. They need a good marketing strategy to make them more sound more attractive. “Sherbert Berry” when it’s fizzing down rain. “Strawberry Breeze” it’s nice and fresh and a light wind upon your face. “Tangerine Dream” that lovely bright orange sky in the morning,enjoy it while you can,it’s gonna lash later. “It could only happen in Ireland!” Those days when you wake up scraping the ice of your windscreen,a mini heatwave around lunchtime,and heavy flooding when you run into your house after work. Bring on board a company to sponsor the weather reports. “ Dunlop,there for you when you need us. Getting you home through the rain,wind and snow. When you wanna give her welly,go for the Dunlop rubber. Drive her home,drive her safely”
Can anyone explain why there is a red warning in Wicklow but not in any of the counties between Wicklow and the other red warning counties in the West.
@Gerry Fogarty: Winds hitting west coast,deflected south and swirling around in an anti clockwise movement,heading towards Waterford,Wexford and Wicklow,which will get a stronger impact.
@Gerry Fogarty: because of Wicklow’s mountainous topography and the effect that has on the storm, according to the Met Eireann person on the telly
@Gerry Fogarty: Joanna Donnelly explained it on the 6.01 news. The hill and mountainous terrain of Wicklow causes more turbulence and uncertainty in the action of the wind, compared to the counties west of it.
@Mike Finnegan: Ah Larry and Kevin, you have faster fingers than this old codger lol….
@Mike Finnegan: You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
@Larry Betts: bit of bob
@Michael o Dwyer: Christened as Robert,but when he fell in the sea,he became known as Bob
Seriously Guys gale/ storm wind can create very dangerous situations. Notwithstanding how awful the damage flooding can cause. I worked near Waterloo Road and Baggot Street in Dublin when a Woman was killed after being struck by a tree (she was actually the Wife of a prominent RTE Director). I remember driving down the N7 one time in a VW Golf and nearly got blown off closs to the Curragh.
All the bus w***ers will be fuming
The amount of houses being built, is testimony to Darragh O’Brien, people are better, healthier and housed
@Fintan Pox: Storm Darragh has been named in his honour
@Fintan Pox: well done finton
That’s another weekend with no Trams around HOWTH .
When will this nonsense stop
Will it affect the trolls on the journal?
It’s pretty bad here in the mid lands at the moment but ya will still have people giving out the weather warnings. I think they want a seriously bad incident befor they can say the warnings are justified
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