Sunday, 23rd February, 2025

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True extent of storm yet to be determined

OceanFM Ireland -
True extent of storm yet to be determined

A morning of chaos in the North West and the true extent of damage and destruction caused by Storm Aye Oh In is yet to be established by local authorities across Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal.

The red weather warning for Sligo and Leitrim has been lifted as of 12 noon but it's still in place for Donegal for an another hour.

Sligo and Leitrim are now in an orange alert - this warning still means severe, damaging and destructive gusts expected throughout the course of the evening.

We will begin this programme with some road updates -

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Tree down on R284 Sligo side of Quinn's Garage.

R286 Sligo to Dromahair road blocked, tree down at Calry footfall pitch.

N16 blocked between Glenfarne and Manorhamilton above the Big Bog Cross.

Tree down at Lower Kerrigan's Ballymote road blocked.

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Quay Road, Enniscrone blocked with fallen trees.

In south Donegal

Many of the main and back roads across Donegal are in a hazardous condition due to fallen trees, fallen power lines, and loose debris.

Pettigo Road blocked

Murvagh and Mullanasole - Roads are blocked by fallen trees - Extreme caution advised.

N15 Donegal town to Ballyshannon - There's debris, branches and trees down on hard shoulder. Extreme caution advised if travelling during and after this severe weather event.

As you can imagine the impact of this storm has reached all corners of this region with a vast number of routes affected - we will have more updates throughout the programme

Jim Molloy, Director of Climate and Infrastructure at Sligo County Council gave this update to ocean FM news: