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07/01/2025

⚠️Road conditions are very challenging across the county this morning even on routes that were recently treated.

🛑Cork County Council is advising essential travel only.

❄️ Our salters and ploughs were out throughout the night. However, there are reports of dangerous conditions right across the county.

🚗 National primary and national secondary routes are passable with extreme care. However, don’t assume a road is safe even it is has been recently treated.

⚠️There is an Artic lorry stuck on R585 at Cousane, this road will be closed.

07/01/2025

⚠️ There are reports of ice on the N71 between Ballydehob and Bantry on elevated sections of road.

❄️ Road conditions are treacherous right across the county this morning even on roads that have been recently treated.

⚠️If your journey is essential, please slow down, drive with caution, and be aware of other road users. Allow extra time for your journey. If a road has been treated by a gritter or snowplough, do not assume that the road is safe to travel.

07/01/2025

UPDATE 10:40AM: R585 at Cousane is now passable with care.

⚠️ We are advising people to avoid any unnecessary journeys due to widespread ice and dangerous road conditions across the county. Our salters and ploughs were operating throughout the night, however, there are reports of hazardous conditions on roads that were recently treated.

🟠 Met Éireann has also a series of Status Orange Low Temperature/Ice warnings for Cork from 8.00pm tonight until 10.00am tomorrow morning and from 6.00pm tomorrow (Wednesday) until 11.00am on Thursday morning.

🚧 Roads Update:
• There is an Artic lorry stuck on R585 at Cousane, the road is now closed
• There are reports of ice on the N71 between Ballydehob and Bantry on elevated sections of road
• The R576 from Newmarket to Rockchapel and Newmarket to Boherbue
• The R579 from Banteer to Nadd remains closed however crews are working to reopen this route
• The R576 from Newmarket to Rockchapel
• The R619 from Bweeng to Donoughmore
• The R515 Charleville to Milford via Newtownshandrum
• The R578 Newtownshandrum to Newmarket via Dromina, Bog Cross and Freemount
• The R578 Newmarket to Ballydesmond, Newmarket to Boherbue
• The R577 between Ballydesmond and Boherbue.

➡️ Read the full update on our website: https://www.corkcoco.ie/en/news/cork-county-council-severe-weather-update-tuesday-920am

07/01/2025

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Enoch Burke claims that students at Wilson's Hospital School were "waving from classrooms" and supporting him as made yet another return to his old workplace on Monday morning.

The Mayo native, who owes over €193,000 in fines for continually being in contempt of court and faces a €1,400 fine for every day he shows up outside the school, said the "horrific situation" could "all be over today" as he stood outside for nearly seven hours in freezing conditions.

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