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LAST UPDATE | 25 Jan
STATUS YELLOW WIND, rain and snow/ice warnings have been issued for most of the island for tomorrow, as Storm Éowyn rages on.
In the province of Munster, as well as Dublin, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wicklow, Wexford, Mayo and Sligo, a Status Yellow wind warning will be in place from 6am until 6pm on Sunday.
There will also be a wind warning in place in Cork, Kerry and Waterford from 11pm on Sunday until 6am on Monday.
Met Éireann has warned that it could result in further damage to already weakened structures and trees, as well as dangerous travelling conditions.
A snow/ice warning for Counties Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo has also been issued from 8pm tonight to 9pm Sunday morning.
Meanwhile the counties of Carlow, Kilkenny, Wicklow, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary, Waterford will be under a Status Yellow rain warning from 5am until 5pm tomorrow.
People in these areas should be mindful that spot flooding could occur.
In Northern Ireland, the UK Met Office has issued a Status Yellow snow and ice warning, which will kick in at 6pm this evening and last until 10am Sunday.
A Status Yellow wind warning for the six counties will be in effect from 10am until 7pm tomorrow.
Most public transport in the Republic resumed today, but some services have been cancelled or diverted.
Parts of the road network are affected by fallen trees and other structural damage in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn.
Local authority crews were out early this morning clear roads and deal with fallen trees. Some councils believe the full clean-up in their area will take several days to complete.
with reporting from Cormac Fitzgerald
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Stop planting trees beside houses, power lines and roads. Install flexible water mains pipework bedded in Bidim and gravel. Put water pipes under pathways not roads to avoid congestion during repairs. Proper infrastructure. Flood defence. Not bike sheds and inaccessible children’s hospitals. Planning eh?
@Gerry Smith: careful Gerry. You’re making sense and that’s not allowed here. lol.
@Gerry Smith: Digging up pathways to prevent traffic congestion is a fundamentally flawed idea. There is a hierarchy of transport that says we prioritise pedestrians > active travel > public transport > delivery/works vehicles > private cars.
Our street and road design already breaks most of that by devoting 80% of street space to cars, but your suggestion pushes that even further.
Never mind the fact that it would literally cost billions to tear up all the existing pipework to realign and replace it.
Also, the reason people are without water is not because pipes are burst, it’s because treatment plants are without power.
@Gerry Smith: If we had a crown for stup*d*t*, you would surely win it.
@Gerry Smith: back before the green agenda they use to prune the trees well back from the power lines. Now they trim a bit of growth off now and again.
@Gerry Smith: a lot of power line poles snapped no trees around them totally exposed, lines of them down like a domino effect all over the place. at least when a tree falls on a line it just breaks the wire, just need to replace the wire instead of disconnecting the broken wire from the broken pole, taking the old pole out of the ground and installing a new pole and reconnecting everything again and do that all the way down the line, I counted 18 poles on one line just pulled down a few of them snapped in my area we are 36 hours with no power and the water in now gone, expecting to be without power for another 36 hours minimum, the diesel generator takes the inconvenience of it away abit. So id rather a few trees over exposed ground anyday because it’s faster to repair.
Ah the ‘do nothing’ brigade are out…. In Ireland Gerry it’s best to not make suggestions as the native people do not like change. YES we 100% need proper infrastructure, Yes we 100% need to plan for the future. If it was up to this lot we wouldn’t need to work and could flap about in hessian sacks, foraging for berries. We will never get a plan from these people OR those people, it’s one giant contradiction.
@Gerry Smith: What if the tree is there first? And are you advocating underground utilities for every Eircode?
Finally name any country that has achieved what you propose? Just one will do.
Stormy and cold weather in winter is normal.
The fact that “spring” and “summer” are barely five degrees warmer than this is apocalyptic. There’s no reprieve.
@GoodBrother: Summer is at least 10+ degrees warmer than it is now. Stop exaggerating everything.
All these services should be put underground into multi chambered concrete ducts that take all the services. Gas, electricity, water, sewage, phone.
Can I patent that??
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: no.
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: Spend some time learning a little about IP law, patents etc., instead. A better use of your time.
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: No, these industries are a dab hand at protecting their ‘interests’ and right now they all make an absolute fortune from doing nothing, why innovate in that scenario? Plus we’d never pay for it, as a nation we collectively don’t understand ‘value of worth’ so innovation, planning, ideation are all an impossible ask here. Look at the new government and realise that it is a very very accurate description of who we are.
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: no most sensible countries do this all ready
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: Why bother asking when you think you’re an expert on everything else.
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: we have nearly 50% of mains water in the Dublin area lost because of leaking pipes ,what is the govt solution???
Pipe water from the Shannon,you couldn’t make it up ,
We now have a navy that is putting to sea with non functioning guns ,let that sink in,
And you think we would do what you suggest???
We are Greece 2.0
Who was it said ” We are Doomed, Doomed I say” and no it was not the Green Party!
@Gary Kearney: was it the old lad in Dad’s Army? He was the undertaker I think.
@Fergus O’Donnell: 10 outta 10.
@Fergus O’Donnell: He was also an accomplished Shakespearean actor, and only took up TV in late life!
@Brian Hunt: They all were
A good storm shakes out all the dodgy electrical infrastructure, once restored all should be stable for some time to come. Water supply only a problem because of power loss in treatment plants, there should be big generators on standby in all water treatment plants.
Homes in isolated areas should have small diesel generators on standby, which should be tax deductible, and ensure they have a solid fuel stove or fire in their house
Panic
@Dave Grant: on the streets of……..
I’m astonished that these weather conditions stop at the border.
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