THE LANDSLIDE that has hindered access to 20 families in a remote part of the Donegal Gaeltacht is still moving.
Donegal mayor Brendan Byrne said yesterday that the 800m by 220m mass was moving by about 50cm a day.
Work on removing the mud and other debris that covers a narrow bog road is unlikely to get under way until next week, say Donegal County Council engineers.
Workers are waiting for the liquid mass to solidify before they start removing it.
In addition, heritage specialists with the Department of the Environment are being consulted because the landslide is in a special conservation area.
The mudslide is up to 1.5m deep along a road 10km (six miles) north of Glencolmcille and running through the townlands of Strabui, Kiltyfanned, Lougherherk and Largybrack.
Because the road remains impassable, some local families have to make an 8km (five-mile) detour to bypass the blockage.
Special arrangements have been made for elderly people unable to make the detour.
Almost 15 hours of torrential rain caused the landslide on Sunday afternoon, when mud and debris swept down Strabui Hill in the foothills of Sliabh Tooey.