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Irish Airspace Disrupted

Date: 17 May 2010 07:49 Source: RTE.ie

The ash cloud from the volcano in Iceland is drifting south triggering more travel disruption with some flight restrictions in place.

Main developments:

• Dublin Airport is closed until at least midday
• Cork and Shannon are operating as normal
• Waterford and Galway airports reopened at 6am
• Sligo and Ireland West (Knock) are due to reopen at 9am
• Donegal airport remains closed until at least midday

All airports in Northern Ireland remain closed until at least 1pm this afternoon. A number of airports in Scotland including Edinburgh and Aberdeen are also closed.

Further updates on Irish airspace available on the RTE website.

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