Louth County Council crews responded to 52 incidents of fallen trees across the county as Storm Isha tracked across the region last Sunday 21st January 2024.
Preparations ahead of the powerful Atlantic storm making landfall saw Louth County Council staff attending a virtual technical briefing of the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management CMT.
Warnings and public safety messages were posted throughout the day on Louth County Council’s ‘X’ (Twitter) page.
Crews were on standby as Louth came under a Status Orange weather warning for wind, with heavy rain also forecast.
Outdoor staff were deployed as storm conditions took hold on Sunday evening, with over 30 calls were made to Louth County Council’s out of hours call management centre.
Crews responded to incidents across the county, cutting and removing fallen trees to make roads passable and footpaths safe.
Around 16 of these incidents were in the South Louth area, with trees down in a number of areas including Drogheda, Collon, Monasterboice, Dunleer. Crews also removed two large trees which had fully blocked the road between Togher and Annagassan.
There were a significant number of incidents reported, including trees down, in the Dundalk and north Louth area, including: North Commons, Carlingford, Bush, Ravensdale, at locations along the N53, and a large tree which blocked the Knockbridge Road.
A section of the roof at the rear of the Louth County Hospital, which was reported damaged by high winds, was checked by crews to determine that no debris had fallen on to the road.
Louth County Council would like to acknowledge the assistance of farmers who helped with machinery and tractors in the removal of fallen trees in a number of areas across the county.
Met Eireann has issued another Level Yellow weather alert (Wind) for Louth, valid from today, Tuesday 23rd January until 2.00 am on Wednesday 24th January.
