Fog sends salt ship to Foynes

A SHIP with 4,000 tonnes on salt which was due into Limerick docks yesterday had to divert to Foynes due to freezing fog, forcing a convoy of 200 lorries to make an additional 80km round trip on the N69.

Seventeen councils stretching from Cork to Donegal had ordered the salt brought in on the MV Jumbo from Teesport in the north east of England.

The unloading started at around 2pm and will be completed this morning.