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13 Feb 2026

Flooding hits roads to Dublin Airport

Flooding hits roads to Dublin Airport

A fresh spell of heavy rain caused traffic disruption for commuters and Dublin Airport passengers on Friday .

Overnight, Met Eireann issued a yellow rain warning for Dublin and Wicklow, because of further heavy rain, which was to expire at midday.

The entire country will be under a low-temperature and ice warning heading into the weekend.

Dublin Airport said flight operations were running as normal, but some roads leading to the area were closed or “trickier than usual to navigate”.

It said: “Drivers are advised to follow local diversion signage & to take extra care on the roads.”

Flight operations at Dublin Airport are running as normal.

Dublin Bus advised customers that four routes serving the airport had been diverted because of flooding at Collinstown.

Bus Eireann said adverse weather conditions and flooding has affected some roads on its scheduled services.

Several of its services in the east of the country had been cancelled or delayed.

Temperatures could fall to minus 4C in parts, with sharp frost and icy conditions, Met Eireann said as part of its nationwide warning.

The weekend’s yellow warning applies to all counties between 9pm on Friday and 10am on Saturday.

The agency said Friday night will be mainly dry but “very cold” and frosty with some icy patches.

It said there was a chance of a few isolated showers in northern and north-western coastal parts early on.

The UK Met office has issued a yellow-level warning for ice as wintry showers fall onto sub-zero surfaces during Friday evening and overnight into Saturday.

The warning is in place for parts of Antrim, Down, Londonderry, and Tyrone between 8pm on Friday and 10am on Saturday.

It added that a slight covering of snow was possible on ground above 200 metres.

In addition, Met Eireann has announced a yellow-level rain waring for Cork and Kerry will come into effect at midday on Saturday, expiring at midnight.

There is also a yellow-level rain and snow warning for Cavan, Donegal, Longford and all of Connacht for the same period.

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