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.

IRELAND HIT BY HEAVY SNOWFALLS, MANY PROBLEMS FOR TRANSPORT - Filippo Zamparo

By Filippo Zamparo

Western Europe has been hit by a heavy snowfall and ice storms. This morning Dublin, London and many other cities woke up to a white snowy blanket, which is causing a lot of problems for the transport system. Ireland, Great Britain and France are experiencing the worst snow storm of the last twenty years.

Met Éireann has issued a severe weather warning and it said it is going to snow harder the next days, with temperature falling down to a low of -5C. The metheorogical office has said the storm originates from a high pressure over Scandinavia and a strong low pressure area over Spain. The two systems created the actual snow storm over the British Isles.

Dublin airport trapped by heavy snowfalls

Snow has brought many problems to Dublin and all across Ireland. Dublin airport is trapped by snow and ice. Aer Lingus and Ryanair have delayed the majority of flights to Gatwick, Heathrow and Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airports, waiting for the runways to be cleared up by DAA operators. The other great airports in Western Europe are experiencing the same situation.

In Leinster and East Munster the roads are dangerous. Gardaí warned motorists to travel only if strictly necessary and avoid using heavy vehicles. The most seroius accidents have involved mostly heavy vehicles on the N7, N4 and M50. Bus Éireann and transport services on the east coast have also been hit.

The situation is dramatic everywhere. Besides Met Éireann reported that the bad weather will continue in the coming weeks - with improvements expected only after 8^th February.

Dublin blanketed because of the snow - Caterina Sonato

Caterina

This articles is about the road conditions in Ireland after it has been snowing.

It is very dangerous go out onto the streets, because of the freezing temperatures at night. But day by day the situation is improving. However, AA Roadwatch says to be careful on secondary roads, because they are not as clear as the main roads. Especially motorists have been urged to be careful on the roads, because of the ice.

In different parts of the island, like in Co Kildare & Co. Tyrone, there are reports of heavy fog which is making driving conditions more difficult for all means of transport. Weather forecasts have predict that temperatures are due to fall to -5C, they also predict more snow in Britain, that will result in further problems for Dublin Airport.

Irish roads blanketed by the snow.

Even in other countries of Europe the airport situations is not so good, in fact, for example, in France air traffic has been halted at all Paris airports because a storm is arriving in all parts of the State. In addiction, the north part of France is battered by winds.