Deteriorating conditions prompt police action
UPDATED (3.57pm): The road was re-opened by police just before 4pm.
Police are closing the Mountain Road due to ice and snow.
It’s because of what they say are ‘deteriorating conditions’.
There was a collision at Brandywell around half an hour ago.

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