Wintry conditions cause disruption across the country

THE stormy weather that prevented more than a dozen flights landing in Dublin Airport yesterday is expected to be more moderate today, but remain quite wintry.

Following an afternoon of gales and the diversion of 14 flights to Belfast, Shannon, Cork and London Heathrow, normal services resumed at the airport last night although some flights were affected by delays.In addition, five flights were cancelled. Among those affected by diversions were passengers travelling from Chicago and 11 cities in mainland Europe, London and Glasgow.

Dublin Airport Authority blamed the disruption on severe weather conditions including strong crosswinds across the main runway.