Christmas travel and delivery chaos looms amid Holyhead port closure

Irish Ferries and Stena Lines have cancelled sailings on the Dublin-Holyhead route until next Friday at the earliest. Picture: Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images

Families face uncertainty over loved ones making it home for Christmas while retailers are scrambling to find alternate routes for their products due to the ongoing closure of Holyhead Port.

Industry figures do not expect the Welsh port — damaged during Storm Darragh — to open next Thursday.