Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Of course. They had to be. The mess delayed matters a little at the count in Galway and it delayed the result nationally. However, that was foreseeable and avoidable. Anybody who is familiar with the air service will confirm that it is absolutely fantastic, but its one problem is fog. If one thinks about it, however, by definition a day with fog is a day of a calm sea. Once the wind gets up to more than five or ten knots the fog will dissipate.