Extreme weather forced the closure of Dublin airport, but Shannon and Cork airports are operating normally.
A major downpour of snow on Monday closed our biggest and busiest airport yet again. Flights resumed at 11.30pm, after the runway had been cleared. More snow is anticipated overnight, however, with updates expected in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The port tunnel has been closed in both directions and journey’s through the capital are proving very treacherous.
AA Roadwatch have said that visibility on the higher sections of the M50 is extremely poor. The N11, N1 and M1 are also affected.
The area around Dundrum has been pretty much impassible all evening.
It means that Dublin is this evening about as snarled up as many parts of the North and West of the country. Such as Donegal, where it’s started snowing. Again.
But the good news for people leaving from (or arriving into) Shannon or Cork is that these airports are operating normally. (Good news providing that wherever people are going to or coming from also has an open airport, of course.)
Much of Europe’s air travel has ground to a halt, with major hubs such as Heathrow, Paris CDG, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels closed for much of the day.
Authorities at Heathrow say that only a third of flights are likely to operate between now and Christmas Eve. Up to half a million people were stuck in or around British airports over the weekend rather than where they were meant to be.
Large numbers of Irish Aer Lingus passengers have been stuck in European airports since Saturday. In Frankfurt, stranded passengers are being entertained by four clowns. Those wacky Germans…
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