Holyhead port disruption affects Wales' rugby fans' ferries

Ferries between Dublin and Holyhead have been cancelled or delayed for "extraordinary reasons", affecting Welsh rugby fans returning following Wales' Six Nations defeat to Ireland. Stena Line apologised and blamed Sunday's disruption on "technical" problems with a vessel in Holyhead, Anglesey. Irish Ferries said its Ulysses sailing on Sunday had been unable to berth at Holyhead at 11:00 GMT due to "extraordinary reasons", but did not elaborate, with later sailings also affected. Stena Line said a ferry on Monday at 10:15 GMT from Dublin was now going to Holyhead and would not now need to be diverted to Liverpool. Passengers have been advised to check before travelling. Chris Edwards, from Llandogo near Monmouth, was on board another Stena ferry on Sunday evening, which was unable to dock in Holyhead and had to be diverted. "Six of us went over to Ireland to watch the rugby, we got on the ferry in Dublin in glorious sunshine - but 20 minutes before our arrival in Holyhead, there was an announcement that there was a technical problem with another ferry that was still in the port," he said. They were initially told they would have to wait for two hour, then four, and finally were upda