Still unclear when ferries will resume sailings between Dublin and Holyhead as freight companies suffer extra costs and ferry services establish alternative routes

The port is not set to reopen until Thursday at the earliest, with Ynys Mon MP Llinos Medi telling BBC Radio Wales Breakfast that "it's obvious that the [repair] work is much more intense than they expected it to be".

Britons could be facing travel chaos after Ireland's Taoiseach warned Holyhead port is "highly unlikely" to reopen before Christmas following damage caused by Storm Darragh.

The Taoiseach has said the seriousness of the situation in Holyhead is becoming more apparent as the days go by, and it is "highly unlikely now that we will see Holyhead Port functioning in any real way this Christmas.

Both the Irish and Welsh governments have prioritised getting passenger ferry capacity moving again as Holyhead Port could be closed through the Christmas period.

Damage done to Holyhead port during Storm Darragh is feared to be worse than originally thought, and could see ferry services cancelled until after Christmas.

Taoiseach Simon Harris said on Monday the 'seriousness' of the damage was becoming 'more apparent as the days go by'

Junior Transport Minister James Lawless said that it “seems to be unlikely” that Holyhead would be functional again by Christmas, after the Welsh port was damaged during Storm Darragh.