{"id":813807,"date":"2026-03-09T06:36:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/813807\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T06:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:36:28","slug":"major-disruption-for-wales-rugby-fans-as-ferry-services-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/813807\/","title":{"rendered":"Major disruption for Wales rugby fans as ferry services cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of Wales rugby fans have been caught up in the disruption at Holyhead port<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A file picture of lorries waiting at Holyhead port\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0_Holyhead.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"A file picture of lorries waiting at Holyhead port\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">A file picture of lorries waiting at Holyhead port(Image: Reach \/ WalesOnline \/ North Wales Live)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ferry passengers are experiencing major disruption following &#8220;technical problems&#8221; at Holyhead port. Some of Sunday&#8217;s Stena Line and Irish Ferries services have been cancelled or delayed due to the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It has been reported that a technical issue with the Stena Adventurer ferry berthed at the port has prevented other services running. Hundreds of Wales rugby fans have been caught up in the disruption on their return from Dublin following Friday&#8217;s <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/six-nations\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Six Nations<\/a> defeat to Ireland. On its website Stena Line confirmed the 4pm Stena Adventurer service from Holyhead to Dublin had been cancelled &#8220;due to technical problems&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The 4.30pm service from Dublin to Holyhead was cancelled, our sister title <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/news\/north-wales-news\/major-disruption-holyhead-port-sees-33553697\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">North Wales Live reported<\/a>. Always keep on top of the latest Welsh news <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=aa0abd38-0db5-4492-99f3-e73baecff682&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">with our newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Stena&#8217;s 10.15pm service from Holyhead to Dublin was listed as &#8220;delayed&#8221;. The Irish Ferries vessel Ulysses was due to arrive at Holyhead from Dublin at 11am but remained off the coast of <a aria-label=\"AngleseyLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/all-about\/anglesey\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Anglesey<\/a> on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Irish Ferries said: &#8220;Due to extraordinary reasons the Ulysses is unable to berth at Holyhead. Updates to follow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The 1.45pm James Joyce service from Dublin to Holyhead has been cancelled &#8220;due to operational reasons&#8221; while the 7.45pm service from Dublin to Holyhead has been delayed by up to six hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The 1.15pm Irish Ferries service from Holyhead to Dublin was listed as delayed and the 7.30pm service to Dublin cancelled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Ensure our latest news and sport headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search by making us a Preferred Source. <a aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=walesonline.co.uk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to activate<\/a> or add us as Preferred Source in your Google search settings.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of Wales rugby fans have been caught up in the disruption at Holyhead port A file picture&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5010],"tags":[35435,748,4884,54619,11746,4209,760,1263,16,15,1764,14260],"class_list":["post-813807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wales","tag-anglesey","tag-britain","tag-great-britain","tag-holyhead","tag-north-wales","tag-six-nations","tag-traffic-and-travel","tag-transport","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wales","tag-wales-rugby-team"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116197837183786015","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813807","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=813807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}