DART services will return to normal this morning after work late last night managed to stabilise a collapsed crane in the Ringsend area of Dublin.
High winds prevented Health and Safety officers from dismantling or stabilising the 200 foot crane on Monday night and attempts yesterday to stablilise the crane continued late into the evening.
Some 25,000 DART and mainline rail commuters were affected by major disruption yesterday as work continued on securing the unstable crane.
A large section of the crane broke off and was left swinging at the Danninger Ltd site at the old Gasworks at Barrow Street Dublin at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
Some 60 residents had to be evacuated from Barrow Street amid fears that the crane would topple onto their houses.
They were allowed back into their homes briefly on Monday afternoon to collect belongings before spending a second night at the Mespil Hotel, Dublin. A spokesman for the hotel said their bill was being paid by Zoe Developments Ltd.
Iarnród Éireann has had to close the line between Pearse Street and Lansdowne Road stations. This will remain out of use at least until lunchtime today, company spokesman, Mr Barry Kenny, said.