Monday Update: This is what the Offaly roads are like right now

Offaly County Council have provided us with an update on the condition of the county's roads this afternoon.

All priority 1, 2 and 3 routes as listed below are clear. Priority today has been on local routes to isolated areas in the County.

Local roads which have not been ploughed may have significant snow drifts and extreme care is advised. OCC crews will continue to work on local routes throughout the day. Area staff are responding to local issues as required.

Here is the latest list of roads available:

Tullamore Municipal District

Tullamore Town Roads Clear, clean up operations will continue.

The Whitehall Bridge is now open.

Ballycumber Clear

Priority 1

M6 Motorway section through Offaly Clear
N52 Tullamore to Kilbeggan Clear
N52 Tullamore By Pass to Blueball Clear
N80 Charleville Roundabout through Killeigh onto County Boundary Clear
R420 Bachelors Walk through Cloncollig Roundabout to Ballina Clear

Priority 2

R420 Clara to County Boundary to Moate Clear
R421 TTC Office to Arden Junction on Bypass Clear

Priority 3

R436 Clara to Kilbeggan Clear
Mucklagh Village Clear
R421 Ballard Roundabout to Killurin Clear
R446 (Old N6) Moate to Horseleap Clear
L02025 Tullamore to Ballinagar Clear

Birr Municipal District

Birr Town Roads Clear, clean up operations will continue

Priority 1

M7 Motorway section through Offaly Clear
N62/N52 Roscrea to Kennedys Cross Clear
N52 Kennedys Cross to Fivealley Clear
N52 Fivealley to Blueball Clear
N62 Ballinahown to Cloghan Clear
N52 Birr to Riverstown Clear
N62 Cloghan to Galross Cross Clear
N62 Clonkelly south of Birr Clear
N62 Galross Cross to Kennedys Cross Clear
R445 Roscrea to Borris in Ossory Clear

Priority 2

R438 Cloghan to Taylors Cross Clear
R439 Taylors Cross to Birr Clear

Priority 3
R356 Wynnes Cross to Banagher Clear
R436 Ferbane to Clara Clear
R439 Taylors Cross to Banagher (County Bounds) Clear
R440 Birr to Kinnitty to Cadamstown (County Bounds) Clear
R357 Blueball to Shannon Bridge Clear
R438 Taylors Cross to junction with R489 Cleasr
R445 (Old N7) South of Moneygall (County Bounds) to Roscrea North of Dunkerrin (County Bounds) Clear
R491 Shinrone to Roscrea Clear
R491 Shinrone to Cloughjordan (County Bounds) Clear
R492 Sharavogue to Shinrone Clear

Other Routes

R421 Kinnitty to Clareen Clear
R444 East of Ballinahown Clear
R490 Moneygall to Cloughjordan Passable with extreme care; Work ongoing
R437 Kilcormac to Ferbane Passable with extreme care; Work ongoing
Kinnitty to Mountrath Road, the R440 Regional Road remains closed

Road and the L8001-1 (across the Slieve Blooms) L-4025- 1 and L-4025- 2 Kinnitty Road to Roscrea is closed in Kinnitty Village to Brertons Pub Road remains closed

Barnagrotty Works ongoing to clear isolated area
Coolfin Works onoging
Doon to Ballycumber Works onoging

Edenderry Birr Municipal District

Edenderry Town

Roads Clear, significant clean up operation and clearing of footpaths carried out on Sunday continuing today. Accesses to school were also cleared on Sunday. The Graveyard has been cleared Monday morning.

Portarlington

Roads Clear, clean up operations and clearing of footpaths today and will continue tomorrow. The Defence forces assisted in clearing footpaths on Sunday.

Priority 2

R402 Edenderry to Ballina Cross Clear
R420 Geashill to Portarlington Clear
R419 / R442 Portarlington to Clonbullogue Clear

Priority 3

R423 Portarlington to Mountmellick (County Boundary) Passable with extreme care

R401 Clonbullogue to Edenderry Clear, however in places it is only cleared for a single lane of traffic, required further clearance to improve safety fo traffic meeting; particularly in vicinity of Power Station. Works on-going today
R401 Edenderry towards Kinnegad Clear
R401 Clonbullogue to Rathangan Passable with care;
R400 Rhode to Motorway interchange Clear

R400 Rhode to Mountlucas Clear

R400 to Cushina Passable with extreme care; works ongoing continuing today with Contractor (loading shovel)

R441 Edenderry to Rhode Clear (however there are some tricky spots which require on-going attention including Fahy Hill)

Other Routes

Fahy Hill Passable with extreme care
L-5001 Drumcooley Link Road ( link between R402 and Rathangan road) Passable with extreme care; high bank of snow
on edges may become a secondary issue
R-5006 Ballykilleen Extensive clearance works carried out, passable with care

L-1001- 2 Rathangan Road Clear to Cushaling Bridge (Kildare Border)
L-1017- 2 Daingean to Croghan Clear
L-1010- 2 Croghan to Rhode Clear
L-1018 Croghan to Tyrellspass Clear
L-1018- 3 Croghan Hill Clear
Rhode Village Clear
Ballykeane to Walsh Island Clear
Ballybrittan, Rhode Passable with extreme care; works ongoing
Clonmore & Ballyheashill Not clear; Significant snow drifts; works ongoing

Clonearl Not clear; Significant snow drifts; works ongoing. Some roads have been cleared including the L-10192- 1 in order to enable access for persons requiring medical attention.

Daingean to Walsh Island Not Clear; works ongoing Ballydownan Lane, Geashill Works carried out on Sunday, some further work being undertaken by OCC today

Geashill to Ballinagar Clear
Ard Road out of Geashill L-1020- 1 Clear
Clonsast L-1005- 2 (Bracknagh By-pass) Clear
Treascon (Portarlington) Reportedly not clear, to carry out clearance works later today

Ballylennon & Derry gowley (near Daingean) Not clear, requires attention
Ballymacross Not clear, requires attention