Thousands without power and roads blocked across region
Trains and some bus services in Northern Ireland have been suspended until further notice as Storm Darragh hit the island of Ireland.
A number of roads, including Castle Street in Belfast city centre, were closed on Saturday morning while clean up work was carried out after storm damage. The Met Office has issued an amber warning to 9pm on Saturday.Public transport company Translink said on social media: “Due to poor weather conditions all Goldliner services and rail services are suspended until further notice.
It said damage including broken overhead power lines, fallen trees across lines and broken poles will require repair work expected to continue into Sunday. “Our incident management centre at Craigavon has been opened, as have our local incident centres which are in locations across Northern Ireland and used by our teams to co-ordinate our localised response.
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