Holyhead port closure to disrupt Christmas travel across Irish Sea

Impact of Storm Darragh has shut route between Wales and Ireland, with up to 150,000 passengers affected

Holyhead port in Wales, battered by Storm Darragh 10 days ago, is to remain closed until mid-January at the earliest, in a major blow for 150,000 passengers in Britain trying to get to Ireland for Christmas.

The port in the north-west of Wales is the second biggest roll-on roll-off ferry in the UK after Dover, and the continued closure is likely to have a major impact on deliveries of cheese, beef and stout.