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The exact location of the road blockage is at Tubberkeen for 600 metres
Local community groups across Laois have spent the morning reporting fallen trees and blocked roads as a result of Storm Eowyn.
The full extent of damage by the status red storm remains unknown, with a yellow warning now in place from 12pm.
So far, these roads have been reported as blocked by fallen trees:
Lea road, Portarlington
Roscrea road, Castlefleming, Errill
The bog road between Monasterevin and Portarlington
Road blocked beyond Portarlington golf club
Road blocked on Portarlington side of Cloneygowan bridge
There’s a tree down just past Stewart’s, The Rock, blocking half the road.
The road from Mountmellick to Emo is impassable.
R422 blocked at Pims on Mountmellick side of Rosenallis and Drummond Road by falling trees
Harbour Street Green- tree down
Tree down at Borris side of donaghmore
Tree down on the N80, 2 kilometres north of Mountmellick
Report of a tree down on the N77 at Grallow, Abbeyleix.
The following regional roads are also impassable: R428 near Castlemitchell and the R422 near Killeen.
For more updates, keep an eye on the Leinster Express / Laois Live homepage.
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