As the country grapples with the fallout of Storm Darragh, all of today's ferry services between Dublin and Holyhead have been cancelled.
The cancellation of both Stena Line and Irish Ferries services is due to damaged port infrastructure at Holyhead caused by Storm Darragh over the weekend.
No injuries were reported at the port, and it is expected that services will resume at 6pm tomorrow at the earliest.
?WEATHER DISRUPTION?
Are you travelling in the coming days? If so, there may be some disruption to our services due to Storm Darragh.
Passengers will be notified by SMS/email if their crossing is affected by the adverse weather.https://t.co/ADSJ9bl2Ak pic.twitter.com/sHmAN9qYRl
— Irish Ferries (@Irish_Ferries) December 8, 2024
The category 5 storm brought strong winds to both Ireland and parts of the UK.
In Ireland, 400,000 homes and businesses were left without power following the storm's landfall.
Last night, 35,000 ESB customers were still without power.
The supplier has said the scale of the damage has had an extensive and wide impact on the electricity supply.
On Newstalk Breakfast, ESB Networks Regional Manager Brian Tapley said the service has restored power to 360,000 homes since early on Saturday morning.
#StormDarragh Update: ESB Networks teams restore electricity supply to 340,000 customers. Thank you for your patience.
Press release: https://t.co/c2o6k9fGsj pic.twitter.com/NXGcb1eU0W— ESB Networks (@ESBNetworks) December 8, 2024
"This storm is probably at the same level of Storm Opheila from 2017, only the difference being it hit the entire country," Mr Tapley said.
"The north-west is impacted, and [so are] some counties in the midlands and some counties in the south-east.
"There are customers out in all parts of the country, but they are the three worst-impacted areas."
Mr Tapley said ESB are continuing to restore power, but some areas may be without electricity for several days.
"We have all our crews deployed around the country - our French counterparts are arriving today to support the effort as well," he said.
"Unfortunately some customers will be out for a number of days and the last customers could take up to a week given the scale of the damage the storm caused."
Over the weekend, Carlow Weather founder Alan O’Reilly has said that there should be no more big storms in the next few days.
Feature image shows Holyhead ferry terminal, Alamy.
