Motorists across Clare are being urged to drive with extreme caution this morning due to widespread flooding across the county.
There have been no road closures to date but there’s a lot of surface water in many areas along with debris and fallen leaves from the overnight storm, making driving conditions dangerous.
In Ennis, Gardaí say the inbound lane on the Ennis side of Sheedy’s shop in Darragh on the Kilrush Road is very badly flooded.
It’s on the Ennis side of Sheedy’s shop and has been described as deadly, however the road is passable on the outbound lane in the Kilrush direction.
In North Clare, there’s flooding at the bottom of the Corkscrew Hill, towards Ballyvaughan and further flooding on the Tubber to Gort Road in the direction of Ballyvaughan.
In South East Clare, Clare County Council dealt with a high bank which collapsed onto the road outside Bridgetown on the Broadford Road.
There’s seriously flooding on the Killaloe to Limerick Road, about three miles from Killaloe.
In West Clare, Gardaí say the roads are passable but there at lot of surface water about.
Meanwhile in Gort, Crowe Street is flooded, and drivers travelling on the N18 are being warned of further bad flooding near Ardrahan at Conker.
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