12 March 2010

AA warn s of St Patrick's Day diversions

AA Roadwatch is advising motorists planningt o travel in the middle of next week to be aware that St Patrick's Day parades can cause traffic diversions.

There will be more than a hundred parades on throughout the country, and the AA's Road Planner on its website will be listing diversions.

The N52 from Birr to Dundalk will be particularly affectes by road closures, due to parades at Ardee, Kells, Tullamore and Kilcormack.

And Cork-Dublin traffic will be stopped at Durrow at 2pm. The motorway bypassing Abbeyleix and Durrow is not yet complete.