{"id":527410,"date":"2026-03-08T20:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/527410\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T20:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:24:10","slug":"port-disruption-affects-rugby-fans-return-ferries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/527410\/","title":{"rendered":"Port disruption affects rugby fans’ return ferries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some ferries between Dublin and Holyhead have been cancelled or delayed due to “technical” issues, affecting Welsh rugby fans returning after a weekend away following Wales’ Six Nations defeat to Ireland.<\/p>\n

Stena blamed Sunday’s disruption on a “technical issue”<\/a> with a vessel in Holyhead, Anglesey.<\/p>\n

Irish Ferries said its Ulysses sailing had been unable to berth at Holyhead at 11:00 GMT due to “extraordinary reasons”<\/a>, but did not elaborate, with later sailings also affected.<\/p>\n

Passengers have been advised to check before travelling. A Stena service is currently scheduled to leave Dublin for Holyhead at 22:30 GMT.<\/p>\n

The UK’s second busiest passenger port reopened fully in July 2025<\/a> after repairs were completed following damage to two berths caused by Storm Darragh<\/a> – that battered the country in December 2024.<\/p>\n

It was closed for five weeks, including at Christmas and new year, as engineers fixed one of the damaged berths, partially reopened in January 2025<\/a> with services resumed to a revised timetable.<\/p>\n

The other berth took seven months to repair, with the economic impact of the closures an estimated \u00a3500m in lost trade.<\/p>\n

More than 1.5m people pass through Holyhead every year making it the most popular sea route between the UK mainland and the Republic of Ireland.<\/p>\n

How important is Holyhead Port?<\/p>\n

At just over 100 miles (161km) between Holyhead and Dublin, the three-hour and 15-minute crossing from north Wales is the quickest route between the UK mainland and the Republic of Ireland.<\/p>\n

With more than 400,000 lorries and 400,000 cars using it every year, Holyhead is the second busiest passenger ferry port to Dover.<\/p>\n

It is Wales’ biggest international transport hub with almost double the amount of annual passengers of Wales’ only major airport in Cardiff.<\/p>\n

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