Current snow, ice and travel reports for local area

In the Woods

Left Tallaght village at 3:15pm, home in Charlesland at 4pm. M50 grand. Bit of slush on the road between Kilmac and the turn off for charlesland. Farankelly road fine but very slow. Charlesland estate like an ice rink.

Not too bad all things considered.

audreyp

Anyone know if the bus from the dart to Charlesland is running this evening?

FirstIn

It is running.

Tomato

Hi - anyone know which bus to get to cherrywood / are they running? Usually drive but need to get to Cherrywood Luas as early as poss tmrw.. thanks

Annasopra

Tomato wrote: »

Hi - anyone know which bus to get to cherrywood / are they running? Usually drive but need to get to Cherrywood Luas as early as poss tmrw.. thanks

84 - don't think they are running tomorrow as no buses were coming into Greystones at all today - Maybe you could get Dart to Bray and finnegans bus to sandyford luas?

Tomato

Sounds like a plan. thanks a mill

bogtreader

Shoelaces wrote: »

Incidents of cannibalism reported in Newtown Mount Kennedy

Dunnes stores have run out of fava beans and chianti:mad:

Jimjay

Anyone ventured out yet, how are the roads this am? Thanks

Ciaranpm

On dart to town saw cars driving towards n11 on farrankelly link road. To greystones from Eden gate Is slushy but was easy to negotiate

jobless

according to east coast windgates impassable at the moment and farrenkelly icey....

audreyp

I just made it into Sandyford, I drove up the farrenkelly road and that wasn't too bad. The M50 is pretty bad though and the sandyford exit is very slushy!

audreyp

Johnnymcg wrote: »

84 - don't think they are running tomorrow as no buses were coming into Greystones at all today - Maybe you could get Dart to Bray and finnegans bus to sandyford luas?

Where does the finnegans bus leave from in Bray? I didn't even consider this as an option. It would be very handy on mornings like this.

Alun

Has anyone seen any Aircoaches operating? According to their website (updated regularly, and latest at 03.45am) they're running a full service from Greystones even over the supposedly impassable Windgates hill and were doing so even when DB were cancelling everything left right and centre yesterday.

I'm supposed to be going to the airport tomorrow (if my flight isn't cancelled, that is!)from Bray and I'd like some confirmation that they are actually running.

jobless

i did see an aircoach pulled in on the main street last nite at about 6.30 so i assume they are running... you should give them a buzz though

tc20

i drove over Windgates into Bray around 8.30, no problem. Also the hill at the top of Bellevue road (Tesco end) was manageable

poldebruin

Just drove from Arklow on the N11, down Farrankelly Road and into Kilcoole - all roads were fine, no problems at all, a bit slushy but no slipping at all.

mikedragon32

Into town in under an hour this morning and back out in 40 minutes. N11 clear all the way to junction at SAR outside lane slushy in places but driving lane is fine.

Will be scary if it freezes over.

eigrod

mikedragon32 wrote: »

Into town in under an hour this morning and back out in 40 minutes. N11 clear all the way to junction at SAR outside lane slushy in places but driving lane is fine.

Will be scary if it freezes over.

Thanks. With all the warnings of -10 at night etc, the roads don't appear to have frozen over at all so far. That seems to be the main difference with last January's snow.

Charlie-Bravo

The sun is out, the temps are at around 2 degrees at the moment - Met eireann are saying the temps will drop to -11 tonight! (probably not that low with us being beside the sea). Melting sludgy snow developing overnight into nice dirty brown ice for the morning!

jaffa20

The paths are like ice rinks now.

pixbyjohn

Dublin is getting lots of snow this evening, Greystones has been shielded from the snow by the Isle of Man today.

LEIN

pixbyjohn wrote: »

Dublin is getting lots of snow this evening, Greystones has been shielded from the snow by the Isle of Man today.

Might make its way here yet John.

Just back from Lidl and the roads in Charlesland are dreadful.

FirstIn

pixbyjohn wrote: »

Dublin is getting lots of snow this evening, Greystones has been shielded from the snow by the Isle of Man today.

Indeed, fantastic amount of snow in Dublin,, just back from Ballsbridge where it has snowed non stop from 13.30.

dubsgirl

Damo9090 wrote: »

Just back from Lidl and the roads in Charlesland are dreadful.

Have to drive to Belfast in the morning and I'm hoping Charlesland will be the worst leg of the journey

LEIN

dubsgirl wrote: »

Have to drive to Belfast in the morning and I'm hoping Charlesland will be the worst leg of the journey

With a bit of luck.

I linked to the Dublin CC traffic cameras further back in this thread and there are a good few shots of the M50. Might be worth your while to check it out to see what faces you on your journey!

pixbyjohn

Swords had 10cm (4") of snow about 1 hour ago

loyatemu

Dublin city centre was like the north pole this evening - was amazed to get to Greystones and find the roads were mostly clear. The kids' school (St Patricks) is even threatening to open tomorrow - they won't be impressed when they find out :pac:

LEIN

Light snow falling for a while now.

A threat of frontal snow in the morning which will make things a lot worse.

Rasmus

Mad how it was so snowy in town. Not a flake in Greystones!

mikedragon32

According to my hygrometer lowest temp overnight was -5.1C and currently -1.6C. Everything is crunchy under foot and the road is like an ice rink. Go easy out there!