Severe weather to delay travellers

Severe weather conditions in the coming days is expected to cause delays for thousands of people returning home for Christmas.

Met Éireann issued an Orange wind warning, with gusts of 100km/h to 130km/h forecast, with a “vigorous Atlantic storm” expected last night and for a period today. The outlook remains changeable over the next several days with further wintry showers, sharp frost and icy patches forecast early in the week. Present indications show that severe and possibly damaging winds are forecast later in the week with a risk of spot flooding in parts of the country.

Irish Ferries cancelled its Jonathan Swift Fast Ferry sailings between Dublin and Holyhead yesterday due to stormy conditions on the Irish Sea.