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Bank holiday transport delays due to Great Limerick Run

The Great Limerick Run is causing significant delays in public transport over the May bank holiday weekend. Bus Éireann reports nationwide delays due to the event.

Key impacts:

  • The Great Limerick Run leads to disruptions across bus and airport-coach services.
  • Bank-holiday engineering works are affecting Irish rail, DART, and Luas networks.
  • Banks in West Bengal will remain closed on May 9 for Rabindranath Tagore’s Jayanti.

Temperatures are forecast to drop next week, with highs below average. Wednesday is expected to be the coolest day, with temperatures just below 10 degrees Celsius in the north. In the south, highs are forecast around 15 degrees Celsius next week.

Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 7, 1861. His Bengali calendar birthday falls on the 25th day of the Boisakh month, which will be May 9 this year.