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<\/p>\nA number of schools are closed on Tuesday, January 27<\/p>\n
Wet and windy scenes in east Belfast on Monday (Image: Jonathan Porter\/PressEye)<\/p>\n
A number of schools are set to remain closed on Tuesday in Northern Ireland<\/a> as Storm Chandra is forecast to bring gusts of up to 70mph and several counties fall under weather<\/a> warnings.<\/p>\n The Met Office<\/a> said Chandra will bring \u201cvery strong winds\u201d to Northern Ireland as it advised the public to expect longer journey times and likely cancellations on road, rail, air and ferry services.<\/p>\n A high-level amber weather warning<\/a> for counties Antrim, Derry, and Down has been issued \u2014 specifically for severe wind risks expected between 5am and 9pm tomorrow<\/a>.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Storm Chandra: Live updates as Northern Ireland council announced park closures amid weather warnings<\/a>READ MORE: NI school closures: Latest EA statement as multiple weather warnings loom<\/a><\/p>\n A separate yellow weather warning for rain and wind is in place for the whole of Northern Ireland from midnight until 11:59pm on Tuesday. Storm Chandra is currently making its way across the Atlantic and is expected to bring with it rain and very strong winds when it arrives.<\/p>\n The Education Authority<\/a> said on Monday afternoon that there were no plans to issue general school closure notices<\/a>, but that local school<\/a> leaders should assess conditions in their areas and make their own decision if required.<\/p>\n Here’s the list of schools closed at present as of 5pm on Monday, January 26 2026 and a link to the official Department of Education site<\/a> which will update on further announcements.<\/p>\n Ballynahinch Primary School | Croob Park<\/p>\n Tuesday 27th January 2026 due to adverse weather.<\/p>\n Christ the King Primary School Ballynahinch | 9 Drumsnade Road<\/p>\n Tuesday 27th January 2026 due to adverse weather.<\/p>\n St Colmcille’s Primary School Downpatrick | 68a Glebetown Drive<\/p>\n Tuesday 27th January 2026 due to adverse weather.<\/p>\n ST. COLMCILLE’S HIGH SCHOOL | 1 Killyleagh Road<\/p>\n Tuesday 27th January 2026 due to adverse weather.<\/p>\n Strangford College | ABBEY ROAD<\/p>\n Tuesday 27th January 2026 due to adverse weather.<\/p>\n Clifton Special School | 292a Old Belfast Road<\/p>\n Tuesday 27th January 2026 due to adverse weather.<\/p>\n Down High School | Mount Crescent<\/p>\n Tuesday 27th January 2026 due to adverse weather.<\/p>\n For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage <\/strong>here<\/a> and sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a> here.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A number of schools are closed on Tuesday, January 27 Wet and windy scenes in east Belfast on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[110004,1142,1144,857,16,15,741],"class_list":{"0":"post-722373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-education-authority","9":"tag-met-office","10":"tag-northern-ireland","11":"tag-schools","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115962803954981174","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}