Irish School Evacuated After Sink-Hole Opens Due To Mine Collapse
Image Courtesy of Border Region TV's Twitter
Drumgosatt National School in Co. Monaghan has been forced to close for the day after the opening of a large sink-hole due to the collapse of a gypsum mine.
The sink-hole, which occurred overnight and in the early hours of the morning, opened up on the land of a community centre in Carrickmacross, with the nearby school being evacuated as a precaution.
Local News landsinking in Magheracloone gaa groups some pictures coming in to us here at BRTV we under stand nobody was on the grounds at the time more to follow pic.twitter.com/H1CN11TDIQ
— Border Region TV (@BorderRegionTV) September 24, 2018
A section of a local road, the R179 between Kings Court and Carrickacross has been closed and diversions have been put in place, as confirmed by Gardaí.
It is understood that nobody has been injured due to the opening of the sink-hole, however Magheracloone Mitchells, a GAA club who play on the community centre's grounds have issued a statement saying that no one is to enter the grounds under any circumstances.
The AA have issued an update regarding traffic diversions:
#MONAGHAN Serious incident on the Carrickmacross/Kingscourt Rd. More here: https://t.co/PSzIBsvOzE
— AA Roadwatch (@aaroadwatch) September 24, 2018