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The Latest Breaking News from Holyhead

Irish and Welsh leaders pledge to review progress on Holyhead port in new year

The usually busy ferry port in Anglesey is not set to reopen until January 15 at the earliest following storm damage.

The Independent UK

Irish travelling home via Holyhead for Christmas make ‘costly’ new arrangements

The closure has left thousands of Irish people planning to travel through the port to Ireland for Christmas scrambling for alternative transport.

Evening Standard

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

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Holyhead ferry port to remain closed until January

The closure will leave thousands of people who were planning to travel through the port to Ireland for Christmas scrambling for alternative transport.

The Independent UK

Holyhead port to stay closed until mid-January disrupting Christmas ferry travel to Ireland

Tens of thousands of travellers between Great Britain and the Republic face slower journeys and higher fares – over £500 for one Ryanair flight from Gatwick to Dublin

The Independent UK

‘Highly unlikely’ Holyhead will reopen before Christmas, Irish premier says

The damage done to Holyhead port during Storm Darragh is feared to be worse than originally estimated.

The Independent UK

Christmas trips to Ireland jeopardised by Holyhead port closure

Stena Line says no ferries will sail between the Welsh port and Dublin until 20 December at the earliest

The Independent UK

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Furious farmers cause chaos at Holyhead after blockading port with tractors

Farmers took their protest over inheritance tax law changes to the North Wales port last night after holding one in Dover earlier in the day

The Independent UK

How I learned to love the slow route home to Ireland

Journeys are about so much more than getting from A to B, as our writer found when he ditched flying for the train and ferry between Dublin and London

The Guardian - UK

Lady Kinnock of Holyhead obituary

Teacher, Labour MEP and Foreign Office minister who focused on human rights, feminism and poverty in the developing world

The Guardian - UK

Shocking fight forced ferry to return to port with family and friends screaming

The mass brawl broke out during a trip from Dublin to Holyhead

Manchester Evening News

Massive brawl breaks out on ferry from Dublin in front of horrified families

The Irish Ferries service from Dublin to Holyhead was forced to turn around just 20 minutes into the crossing

Dublin Live

Ferry forced to turn around as huge brawl breaks out on board

The mass brawl broke out on an Irish ferry to Holyhead

Liverpool Echo

Mass brawl erupts on ferry as thugs exchange blows in front of terrified families

The mass brawl broke out on Saturday (July 8) during a trip from Dublin in Ireland to Holyhead, Wales

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Wales Online

Giant cruise ship sails into Welsh port for first time ever

Cunard’s Queen Victoria is one of 81 ships due at Welsh ports this year which is set to be a record breaker for the sector

Wales Online

More than 30 trains cancelled in Wales due to staff shortages

It's likely to cause chaos for people

Wales Online

Man who resented paying compensation to attack victim punched him again 13 years later

Graham Thomas assaulted Alun Pritchard in 2008, but when he saw Mr Pritchard in a club in 2021, he targeted him again

Irish Mirror

Revenue officers stop vehicle at Dublin Port and package at Dublin Airport amid latest drug busts

The Irish-registered car was stopped on its route through the port from Holyhead and searched

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Birmingham Post

Port of Holyhead will submit formal bid for freeport status, operator says

A freeport status on Anglesey could attract £1bn investment to the area and create up to 13,000 new jobs

Daily Mirror

Parents whose daughter disappeared a year ago say 'we'll never give up looking for her'

Catrin Maguire had joined others for a movie night and socialised as normal and the student was expected to meet another friend and sign for a flat tenancy but she never turned up

Wales Online

'Our daughter disappeared a year ago. We'll never give up looking for her'

"Not knowing where Catrin is, who she may be with, is heartbreaking"

Wales Online

Passengers disgusted by train running with seats covered in vomit

People travelling on the 6.24pm train from Crewe to Holyhead were unable to escape the vomit odour

Daily Mirror

Prince William befriends cheeky gran with 'no teeth' who left Kate in hysterics

A mischievous Welsh grandmother with "no teeth" has left William and Kate crying with laughter during their recent visit to Holyhead Lifeboat Station in North Wales

Wales Online

Prince and Princess of Wales left crying with laughter after meeting Welsh nain with 'no teeth'

'I’ve forgotten the Welsh cakes in the rush on the A55," the new grandmother told the couple. “I thought s***, the royals are coming to Holyhead.'

Daily Mirror

Kate Middleton's subtle nod to Diana on first visit to Wales with her brand new title

Prince William and Kate Middleton are on their first visit to Wales today since assuming the titles of Prince and Princess of Wales - and it seems Kate's coat is a sweet nod to her late mother-in-law Princess Diana, the last person to use the title Princess of Wales

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