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LAST UPDATE | 23 Jan
THERE WILL BE no postal deliveries or collections tomorrow, An Post has confirmed.
Post offices will remain closed for the duration of the red warnings but will seek to reopen once it is safe to do so and conditions allow.
An Post is planning to run letter and parcel deliveries nationwide on Saturday instead and post offices will open as normal from 9am to 1pm.
“We will closely monitor local weather and Post Offices will seek to reopen if local conditions allow and it is safe for Postmasters and staff to do so,” a statement from the postal service said.
“All social welfare benefit payments usually payable at the post office on Friday will be available on Saturday and next week.”
Public transport will also not be operating when the Status Red warnings are in place.
Transport services, including bus, tram and train services, in the hours before and after the red warning takes effect are also likely to be severely impacted, the National Transport Authority said this morning.
All schools, including creches, primary, secondary, and third level, will also be closed for the duration of the red level warning in the given area.
Employers are urged to facilitate employees working from home.
The country could see record-breaking winds over the coming days.
Not only is there a Status Red wind warning in the Republic, but the UK’s Met Office has this morning issued the same for Northern Ireland.
Alan O’Reilly of Carlow Weather says a Status Red across the whole island is “a very rare event”.
He told The Journal that winds could exceed 150km/h.
Bellmullet and Mizen Head are among the areas most likely to break records in addition to Athenry, Gurteen, Westmeath, Leitrim and Longford.
“It will be stronger in terms of gusts … higher than Storm Darragh.”
Storm Darragh saw snow, low temprature and ice warnings issued for most counties, leaving thousands of people without water and power for days.
“It was unusual in that the wind direction was coming from the north, whereas this will be southern and westerly wind,” O’Reilly explained.
He warned that, while the Status Red warnings will have expired by tomorrow afternoon, the public should prepare for wind and rain to return on Sunday and into Monday.
The National Emergency Coordination Group are meeting this morning to plan the national response.
Keith Leonard, the group’s chair, told RTÉ Radio One’s Morning Ireland that the ESB and Irish Water have prepared their crisis management teams for the weekend.
“All critical infrastructure and essential services are operating now in emergency mode for the next 24, 48 hours,” he said.
Leonard described Éowyn as an “extreme storm” and advised people to shelter at home for the duration of the warnings.
He also said it’s very important for people to make sure they have fully charged their mobile phones.
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Bring all your cans and plastic bottles to the Return/Deposit machines, to calm the wind
@pee wee: Any chance of calming the wind from your accounts on this website?
@pee wee: Someone should put you in the return machine to calm the nonsense you post on here.
@pee wee: Any chance you can calm the shite coming out of your mouth?
@Harry Paisley: your blow up doll will be delayed. Sorry man.
@ecrowley ecrowley: are you suggesting that a blow-up doll would actually get into bed with that loser ?
@offside again: He’d obviously have to supply the tequila first but after that…ya he might be in with a shout.
Just stay safe everyone better to be safe than sorry.
“If people find themselves without service, they may find it works with another operator”
What, in the name of God, does this mean?
That your phone, with a flat battery, miraculously recharges if you have 2 SIMs and change SP?
Or that, if you are with Vodafone, you can suddenly make your call with Three?
@Nick Vasilakis: In the event of damage or loss of power to a local to a cell tower operated by our mobile provider, you may be able to connect to a different cell tower operated by a different mobile provider. Here’s a map of cell towers, you can see where they are an who owns them. Take note of the owners in your area
https://siteviewer.comreg.ie/#explore
Vod – Vodaphone
Eir – Eircom
THR – Three
You can also use an apps like Network Signal Info Pro or Network Cell Info, to see which cell tower your phone connects when at home, and other nearby cell towers (that you can use as backup).
If you don’t have a battery bank/charger in the event of a power failure, note that some Laptops can charge mobile phones via usb even if the laptop is off (if your laptop has this facility, usually only one USB port remains live when the laptop is off). Laptops store a lot of charge and could provide a few days of mobile phone charge.
@Nick Vasilakis: Why would your phone have a flat battery if you’re aware that there’s a possibility of electricity supply disruption in the near future?
I’ve the dynamo ready on the bike to keep the lights on
Please secure the lid on your green bin. After every storm we have cardboard and cans rolling around the streets for days
Stormy weather…..Stormy Politics !!
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