A TERRIBLE PERIOD FOR DUBLIN- Valentina Michelon

A TERRIBLE PERIOD FOR DUBLIN


by Valentina Michelon

From a week to now Dublin has been in a difficult situation because of freezing temperatures and heavy snowfalls. People can't stand this situation for much longer because all public transport services are experiencing delays.

Dublin airport won't be opened again until tomorrow morning and it will be opened only if the weather conditions will allow this. All Aer Lingus flights due to depart today have been cancelled. Passengers booked to travel on affected Aer Lingus flights are advised not to come to the airport. Also a lot of Ryanairs flights have been cancelled.




All of the outskirts streets are frozen so a lot of bus routes are stopped before the last stop. For example no buses will go into Lucan village, they will stick to the main roads only.

So in conclusion people can't move from their homes using public transport. They also can't use their own cars because it's too dangerous to drive.

Only the big streets are accessible to cars and trucks, but there is a lot of traffic and endless queues. They are forced to go slowly because of the bad condition of the weather.

Snow in Dublin and neighbourhood stop the city - Jacopo Ferraresso

Jacopo Ferraresso

All Dublin stops his activity because of a heavy snowfall. Icy conditions have severely affected roads in many parts of the country, with temperatures due to fall to -5C overnight.

Dublin Bus is warning that all services are experiencing delays, the worst are in the southside of the city, especially in Lucan, Tallaght, Rathfarnham and Enniskerry. South Dublin county council says all main roads are open, but following heavy showers of snow, traffic disruption is likely.

Motorists have to drive with extra care on secondary roads, the roads 239, 25, 25A, 26 66, 66A, 66D, 66N, 67 and 67A are close because of the bad condition of the weather, it is also recommended to the drivers to be extremely careful on the roads as the cold snap continues to make driving extremely dangerous. Schools are closed and all the children are at home, many local events have been cancelled as the freeze continues, for Dublin pedestrians it is very dangerous walk on the footpath, there are may cases of broken arms and legs in particular for old people.

Snow in Dublin on Friday

Dublin council continues to clean the streets. They have 120 tons of salt and sand to treat the streets.

In Irish airports the situation is as critical as on the roads, many flights are cancelled because of the bad visibility conditions & the ice has made the landing strip dangerous. Passengers are advised to check the airline's website.

Disruption is likely to continue tomorrow, as hail, sleet or snow showers are expected in Connacht and Ulster, and parts of west Munster, the weather will be better in a couple of weeks.

SNOW EVERYWHERE- by Matilde Rosini

Since Monday we are having a long cold period, with Dublin covered by the snow and the public transport blocked in all the town.

Almost half of flights have been cancelled, which amounts to over 200 flights. All Aer Lingus flights have been cancelled, so passengers who booked to travel with this company are advised not to come to the airport. Ryanair cancelled flights for tonight, and Aer Arann also had to cancel six flights and divert two others.

Snowfalls and sub-zero temperatures bring the closure of dozens of schools, dangerous streets for pedestrians and many late trains. Also frustrated commuters have problem with the heavy traffic and long queues.

This month is the coldest since 2001, so we hope the weather will be better next month.





Matilde Rosini


                                                                                                              

The coldest winter in Ireland - Erika

Erika

In recent days the snow is creating a lot of problems in our city. This is the coldest winter for 28 years for the most of the country. The roads are icy and the Dublin's transport system is having a lot of inconveniences.               


Yesterday some trains were delayed for up to three and a half hours, with hundreds of travellers left stranded. Railway services are being reduced in frequency, but they will be reintroduced over the coming days, weather permitting.

snow on the luas line

Many rural and urban bus services are suspended, the roads are too dangerous and some of them are being closed to traffic. Moreover the snowploughs are not enough for the all country, the authorities are working to find solutions.                                                                                                                
On Monday the heavy snowfall closed DAA, leading to the cancellation of almost 200 flights. Flights were diverted to other airports. 
Dublin's Luas tram line service, is badly affected, most drivers and bus users are too afraid to travel on the ice-covered roads.


Forecasters said temperatures will rise next week.

Snow in Ireland caused many matters with Airports - Davide Scalabrin

Davide Scalabrin

This article talks about the matters caused by the bad weather, especially the snow, which has resulted in the cancellation of some flights at Irish airports.

After snowing in the afternoon the airports reopened but a lot of flights have been cancelled. DAA, the Irish airport authority, says that there are no bad weather forecasts for tonight and flights might restart without problems so passengers are invited to call there airlines to find out if there flight is operating. The snow caused the cancellation of many flights for the main Irish airlines such as Aer Lingus, Ryanair and Aer Arann.

Dublin's airport

Passengers are invited to contact their companies for their baggage in both airports if they can't find them. Airlines say that passengers will be re-booked if they have lost their flight.

Also in the north of Ireland such as in Belfast's airports some flights have been cancelled but the situation is better than in the south.

Also drivers are warned because of the snow and ice that are problems in the north and east of Ireland. The condition of the roads are not good and AA Roadwatch says that this situation won't get better and there is widespread disruption of traffic in roads across Ireland.

SNOW: DUBLIN AIRPORT BLOCKED - Rossi Alberto

In recent weeks Dublin has been covered by snow that has caused a lot of problems for Dublin airport. In fact the airport has reopened only this morning at 7:45, and over the last few days half of the flights have been cancelled; more than 200 flights.

All the arlines have had problems: Aer Lingus for example have had to cancel all of today's flights and Aer Arann have cancelled 6 flights and diverted two other more.

Moreover all flights from Galway and Waterford and some flights from Dublin to Cardiff and Cork have been cancelled. The passeggers have been advised to contact their airlines for further information about the flights in the next few hours

Also some flights to England have been cancelled; in fact also there, the airlines had some problems because of the bad weather. Gatwick Airport was forced to the close yesterday and also some flights from London were cancelled in the last few days. The airlines said passengers on cancelled flights to or from the UK would be re-booked on to later flights.

Luckily the weather is improving and the authority say there is no snow forecast tonight and that normal flight operations should resume in the morning.

Dublin Airport closes because of snow - Filippo Carnovalini

by Filippo Carnovalini

DAA blocked

Over the last couple of days Ireland has been experiencing heavy snowfalls, resulting in terrible consequences. The latest issue caused by the snow is the closure of Dublin's Airport.

Yesterday, DAA claimed that the runways were too slippery to allow any plane land or take off, so the airport was closed from 1.00 to 19.45. This led to the cancellation of about 200 flights. Some of the flights were diverted to other airports.

Even though the airport opened again, all the Aer Lingus flights were cancelled. The company plans to operate a full schedule today. Aer Arann had to cancel six flights and to divert two others, but the company promised that the cancelled flights have been re-scheduled for today.

Today some delays have already been experienced, particulary in Belfast, where the George Best Belfast City Airport is affected by adverse weather conditions.

Today's weather forecast is not positive, so there is a strong possibility that more flights are going to be cancelled. Passengers are advise to contact their carriers before going to the airport.