Businesses throughout the country have closed with the safety of customers and staff in mind.
Updated 13.32
Supermac's, Tesco, Lidl, Dunnes Stores, IKEA, Penneys and Marks and Spencer are amongst the many businesses to announce closures in Irish stores today due to
weather warnings from storm Ophelia.
A statement from Supermac's founder Pat McDonagh read:
'In the interests of the safety of our staff and customers in view of the severe weather warnings we have taken the decision to close all our Supermac’s restaurants today, Monday 16th October. Restaurants will re-open as normal on Tuesday 17th October.'
Meanwhile, a number of other businesses closed their doors.
https://twitter.com/dunnesstores/status/919704396044341248
https://twitter.com/IKEAIE/status/919840892042776576
https://twitter.com/lidl_ireland/status/919859918441676800?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
https://twitter.com/lidl_ireland/status/919860030547156993
With
numerous Irish Rail services,
multiple flights in and out of Irish airports and
all Dublin Bus services cancelled, multiple businesses throughout the country have also decided to shut up shop.
Tesco Ireland has announced that stores in Cork, Limerick, Kerry, Clare and South Tipperary have closed and that while all other stores have remained open for the time being, they will be subject to closure later in the day subject to weather conditions.
https://twitter.com/TescoIrl/status/919850284871974912
https://twitter.com/TescoIrl/status/919850394469257216
https://twitter.com/TescoIrl/status/919851652731064320
https://twitter.com/TescoIrl/status/919852206274285568
Other businesses to announce closures throughout the country today include Peter Mark, Petmania, Camile Thai (some outlets may open this evening, weather permitting), the Light House Cinema in Dublin, some SuperValu outlets and all FlyeFIT gyms.
https://twitter.com/lighthoused7/status/919673110311440384
https://twitter.com/flyefit/status/919836380401995776
