Update – A meeting which was to have been hosted by Deputy Thomas Pringle in Ramelton tonight has been cancelled as a result of the weather.
Overnight snow and ice has left a number of routes in the North West treacherous this morning.
As a result, some local bus companies won’t be running while black ice has also been reported on a number of roads.
Below is a list of travel updates and closures, it will be updated throughout the morning so keep refreshing this page:
ROADS:
- Mungorry Road (back road from Raphoe to Letterkenny) blocked (car stuck)
- Carndonagh to Mountain Road, Buncrana – several cars stuck
- Road between Doochary & Fintown – car stuck. Passable with care
- Lorry off the road in Glentogher – the road between Carndonagh & Quigley’s Point. Road passable with care but very slippy.
SCHOOLS CLOSED:
- Scoil Cholmcille, Convent Road, Letterkenny
- Lurgybrack National School
- Gaelscoil Adhamhnáin, Letterkenny
- Scoil Mhuire Gansmál, Letterkenny
- Woodlands Primary School, Letterkenny
- Letterkenny Educate Together, Letterkenny
- Murlog National School, Lifford
- St. Eunan’s National School, Raphoe
- St. Patrick’s National School, Drumkeen
- Drumoghill National School
- Kilmacrennan National School
- Ballyraine National School
- Little Angels School
- St. Bernadette’s School
- Drumfad National School, Kerrykeel
- Scoil Mhuire, Creeslough
- Cashel National School, Fanad
- Learn n Play Preschool, Letterkenny
- Raphoe Community Play Group
- Little Acorns Playgroup, Raphoe
- Drumkeen Community Childcare
- Ray National School
- Scoil Colmcille Drumman/Ballyare
- New Beginnings Preschool, Burnfoot
- St. Gabriel’s Preschool, Letterkenny
BUSES:
- Mc Gettigans Buses no runs at all
- Gallaghers Bus – all routes to Illistrin School cancelled. May run in the afternoon subject to weather
- Home James – all routes cancelled
- Bus Eireann – Castledooey, Sheskin & Mondooey area going to Raphoe National School
