IT promises to be another busy few hours for the gritting staff of Donegal County Council who will be out on all designated routes this St Stephen’s Day evening and again tomorrow morning. In a week of freezing temperatures the council’s gritting service has been regularly treating the county’s roads for the past few days. […]
Council’s gritting service out this evening and again tomorrow morning
DONEGAL County Council’s road gritting service will be treating all designated roads in the county from 5pm this evening, Christmas Day and again from 6am on St Stephen’s Day morning. Another cold night is in store with Met Éireann forecasting temperatures as low as -2 degrees tonight. The gritting service was also deployed on Wednesday […]
Motorists advised to take care due to flooding on roads
MOTORISTS are urged to take extra care on the roads with severe flooding and incidents of surface water making driving conditions extremely dangerous this morning. There has been very heavy rain across Donegal overnight and again this morning which has resulted in flooding in different parts of the county. Drivers should take care on the […]
RSA advise caution ahead of rain warning for Donegal
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is advising road users to take extra care when using the roads, as Met Éireann has issued a status yellow rain weather warning for Donegal. The forecaster warned that there will be spells of heavy rain which will increase the risk of flooding due to high river levels and saturated […]
More wintry showers on the way as cold snap continues
ACROSS Donegal temperatures plummeted below freezing last night, with Donegal County Council deploying their gritting services across the county. Met Éireann has issued a yellow weather warning for snow and ice which will remain in place until midday today (Thursday). The warning comes as the county braces for more wintry showers of hail, sleet and […]
Snow and ice warning in place until midday tomorrow
Temperatures across Donegal are expected to drop to freezing tonight, with a yellow weather warning for snow and ice issued by Met Éireann remaining in place until midday tomorrow. The warning comes as the county braces for more wintry showers of hail, sleet and snow, with some modest accumulations in places, especially on high ground. […]
Met Éireann issues snow and ice warning for Donegal
DONEGAL is one of five counties included in a Moderate Weather Warning for snow and ice for later tonight. The alert message issued by Met Éireann is warning of wintry showers of hail, sleet and snow, with some modest accumulations in places, especially on high ground. Motorists are being advised of hazardous travelling conditions and […]
Sixty weather warnings issued for Donegal already this year
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By Chris Ashmore DONEGAL has already had more red weather alerts this year than the combined total for 2022, 2023, and 2024, latest figures show. A total of 60 weather warnings were issued by Met Éireann for Donegal between January 1 and October 9. Advertisement Of these, three were red, 12 were orange and 45 […]
Yellow weather warning for Donegal
MET Éireann have issued a status yellow rain warning for Donegal. There will be widespread rain which will be heavy at times. The likely impacts include localised flooding, difficult travelling conditions and blocked drains. The warning will be in place from tomorrow (Thursday), October 2 at 6am until Thursday, October 2 at 8pm.
Met Éireann issue weather warning for Donegal
MET Éireann have issued a Level Yellow weather alert for Donegal. The moderate weather warning is for heavy rainfall in the county. Significant rainfall accumulations from heavy showers and longer spells of rain are to be expected. Isolated thunderstorms are also possible. Advertisement The potential impacts of the rainfall are localised flooding, poor visibility and […]