Meath schools ordered to close as Status Red alert extended nationwide

THE Department of Education is advising EVERY school in Status Red counties to close tomorrow ahead of Hurricane Ophelia. Meath schools will not open tomorrow.

Eight counties had been issued with the red warning from Met Eireann: Galway, Cork, Mayo, Clare, Kerry, Waterford, Limerick and Wexford. That has now been extended nationwide as the worst storm to hit Ireland in decades.

The Department said its decision comes “following a special meeting of the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning in response to Ophelia’s imminent arrival.”

 

In a statement they said: “Following a special meeting of the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning in response to the imminent Storm Ophelia, the Department of Education and Skills is now informing all schools in areas affected by Met Éireann’s status red wind alert that they are to act on the Department’s advice and remain closed tomorrow, Monday 16 October.

“For parents, this means that their children will not attend school tomorrow in any area where there is a status red wind alert already announced or announced in the intervening time.