Ferry sailings between Dublin and Holyhead have been cancelled after damage was caused to the Welsh port during Storm Darragh.

Irish Ferries and Stena Line cancelled their scheduled sailings from Dublin to Holyhead after the category 5 storm brought strong winds to Ireland and parts of the UK.

In a statement issued earlier, Irish Ferries said the Ulysses 8.05am and 8.55pm sailings and the James Joyce 2.30pm sailings from Dublin are cancelled.

The 8.45pm Rosslare to Pembroke sailing is still available for passengers wishing to make the journey.

Stena Line said its four scheduled sailings today have been cancelled due to “technical reasons” at Holyhead port.

Irish Road Haulage Association President Ger Hyland told RTE’s Morning Ireland some of his members have trucks waiting for trailers in both the UK and Ireland.

For the next two days trucks will be idle and when ferries move again there will be a three to four-day catch-up process, he said.

“We’re limited to the number of hours we can work.”

Meanwhile, passengers aboard a ferry bound for Belfast endured a 13-hour delay over the weekend after the captain deemed it “unsafe” to dock due to severe weather conditions.

Across Ireland and Northern Ireland, hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses were left without power following Storm Darragh’s landfall.

Around 1,500 customers here remained without power on Monday morning following extensive damage to the network, NIE Networks said.