Where is currently flooded in dublin

Ste.phen

They were probably taking a break,
I gather Phibsborough, Cabra Road and Navan Road were screwed all day, and I know from coming home in a taxi last night that the Finglas Road was seriously unpleasant, and had Gardai directing traffic onto the right-hand side of the road in places to avoid flooding.

AlekSmart

What Garda presence there was yesterday came courtesy of the GAA for Croke Park crowd and traffic "control" duties.
Once the agreed overtime hours ran out so did the Members,who in fairness did have homes to go to also.

However,not for the first time has Garda overall Command and Control been found wanting.

It is for me a great source of mirth to read the GAA glossy brochure on Croke Park,especially the bits about Public Transport "links" and Garda Traffic Management Plans.

The first element in any such plan would be the switching OFF of the Traffic Signals at Drumcondra Rd/Clonliffe Rd junction combined with the acceptance that the current entrance/exit arrangements to All Hallows (Paid) Car Parking is totally at varience with ANY Traffic Plan.

Additionally,individual Gardai need to be briefed on their responsibility to a greater church than the GAA "fans".
Time and again the general traffic flow(such as it was) has to stop as a Gard leans in through an open car window to brief the driver on the arrangements.
This single procedure tends to be repeated at each and every junction in the Drumcondra area leading to the virtual collapse of whatever bit of an oul plan there is(I,for one,would like to have sight of this "Plan" because it`s my belief that no such thing exists escept in the fertile mind of the Garda Press Office/GAA HQ.)

It should also be borne in mind that yesterdays attendance at Croke Park was far from a capacity crowd,yet appeared to be VERY car intensive afact which led to the complete collapse of Drumcondra and North Bound traffic.

Fogra : I did note however,nice Mr Ahern TD being driven to his usual spot outside St Lukes and entering it`s safe haven.
Also noted that the recently erected Flood Defences around Botanic Avenue appear to have been only PARTIALLY effective...hmmmmmm that was a LOT of money spent to little avail then..was it not ??

BizPost

Agree yet again Dublin falls apart when it comes to organisation.

Traffic Control
There was more than the guards needed to warn and divert traffic. Why weren't the army mobilised? As cars were pulled out of flooded roads others just drove straight in.

Rescue
Apparently there are only a dozen drysuits in all of Dublin Fire Brigade across a couple of Fire Engines. They need to be able to deal with sort of stuff a lot quicker and not leave people trapped in cars waiting for an hour to be rescued. Where were'nt some of the lifeboat people called out as they were in the UK last year?

faceman

There are floods almost annually in parts of the UK. Flooding is not an Irish only problem

mike65

If we can belive the climateologists intense summer rain will be more of a feature of the weather here (it already is across the water), so this sort of thing could be happening several times a year.

Mike.

murphaph

faceman wrote: »

There are floods almost annually in parts of the UK. Flooding is not an Irish only problem

True, but the response was a truly irish one. There is no 'plan' or 'system' to deal with anything out of the ordinary here.

ongarite

Clonee to Lucan road is still flodded at Leixlip exit. Leixlip Confey road closed, very badly flooded and so is Stirling, Rooske Rd to Dunboyne.

brightkane

Came the backroads from the N4, through lucan to clonsilla last nite, flooding as prev stated at the junction at mcdonalds in lucan village where u come off the n4, at the time we went though 10pm it seemed back anough but by mounting the footpath we got through it, the bridge was passable. The backroads were terrible though. it was like driving through a river of water, road was packed with cars, some just pulled in to see what the hell they were going to do and others went hell for leather though it.

The speed of which the water was flosing down the road was something to behoold, it would like white water rafting kinda weather. We did make it hope, luckily it didnt seem deep enough but we didnt stall around long enough through any of it. One thing we did see alot of people doing and ourselves included was if you see a part that looks bad stop and let the car in front go through first and then go yourself, rather then u stuck up his arse and him stalling and u being nackered then also!

Glyni

Anyone any idea how bad the roads are now. Have to get from Ballymun to Drumcondra. Nightmare getting home yesterday don't know if I should take the chance.

brightkane

I went from Clonsilla to cabra just there now, N3 is still closed and flooded in blanch, and the m50 northbound is backed up and not moving as far as the eye can see

joolsveer

I was on the M50 this morning. There is flooding between the Blanchardstown and Finglas junctions in both directions. It is passable but there are long talibacks in each direction.

Glyni

Anyone know if the Ballymun Road is still flooded

ljcoolk

the n3 to muldhuddart slip road (were new apts are currentlly been built) is inpassable. people might take this route to get to Blanchardstown better of taking the Damastown road

bk

Is the M1 and parts of the M50 still closed?

What directions would people recommend for getting from Drumcondra to Cork.

Cheers

lostexpectation

couldn't they put indicators on poles along where it often floods, i guess the only way to judge if an road is passable is if you look at things sticking up out of im but it may be hard to judge, they could have feet markings and also, hatchbatch and saloon markings.

markpb

bk wrote: »

Is the M1 and parts of the M50 still closed?

The last news update I can find was RTE 2 hours ago:

People are being asked to avoid the M50 in Dublin as many sections of it are affected by flooding. Gardaí are warning of potential serious problems on the motorway this afternoon as match traffic for Croke Park builds up. The Dublin Port Tunnel Southbound has been re-opened and will be toll-free until 4:00pm to accomodate traffic going to Croke Park.

Gardaí say flood water has subsided in most areas, but parts of north county Dublin are still badly affected. The N3 near Blanchardstown has now been re-opened and traffic is moving normally in both directions. Considerable delays can still be expected on the M50 as there is still severe flooding on both northbound and southbound lanes.

The M1 is closed at Shantalla Bridge and will remain closed for several hours an diversions are in place. Those travelling northbound to Dublin Airport are advised that a section of M1 is closed at Whitehall and traffic is diverted to Santry. A contra-flow is in operation along the M50 between Finglas and Blanchardstown.

mackerski

The M1 is closed at Shantalla Bridge

Ain't that the truth? The M1 hasn't come that far south since the tunnel opened...

markpb

mackerski wrote: »

Ain't that the truth? The M1 hasn't come that far south since the tunnel opened...

You must be one of about two people in Dublin who knows that

batman2000

This was the M50 this morning going northbound at J5 (finglas) Was sitting in traffic for 45 mins to get passed this..it was only 07:15..you think they would have done work during the night. They only began trying to clear it at daybreak it seems

Bogger77

batman2000 wrote: »

This was the M50 this morning going northbound at J5 (finglas) Was sitting in traffic for 45 mins to get passed this..it was only 07:15..you think they would have done work during the night. They only began trying to clear it at daybreak it seems

TBH: it's safer to be working in daylight, when dealing with floods. The risks of a foot getting trapped in a gully is pretty high otherwise