The passengers at Dublin will be travelling for a mixture of St Patrick's Day celebrations, Six Nations rugby and the Cheltenham Festival. 

Graeme McQueen explained that airlines make decisions late because they want to see if it is possible to get flights away, so while the schedule might show some flights for tomorrow, they are unlikely to take off unless the airspace opens up.

Flooding is reported in a number of areas of north Dublin

With many Irish people hoping to take advantage of the long weekend by jetting away for some sun, the power outage which hit Spain, Portugal, and some of France on Monday has undoubtedly heightened anxiety.

All flights to and from Dublin, Shannon, Cork and Knock airports to London Heathrow have been cancelled today