‘Volcanic ash will be blown away from Ireland’

WINDS will push the volcanic ash plume well away from Ireland over the coming days, Met Éireann has predicted.

The Government Taskforce on Emergency Planning said the lifting of restrictions was subject to the position of the more concentrated ash cloud that was lying across the north west of Ireland yesterday.

Met Éireann said Ireland could expect south-south westerly winds in the coming days that would bring rain and the volcanic ash plume away from Ireland and towards Greenland.