Drivers warned of icy conditions as Weather Warning remains in place

The icy conditions are set to continue overnight…

Met Éireann has warned of “dangerous driving conditions due to ice or snow” tonight leading into tomorrow as temperatures will drop as low as -1C. A Yellow Weather Warning is also currently in place. The morning is set to be “bitterly cold” with further hail, sleet and snow showers expected around the country throughout the day. So if you’re driving anywhere tonight, or early in the morning hours of the morning make sure to take it extra handy and watch out as there could be black ice in untreated areas.

Cold & windy tonight with showers of hail, thunder, sleet & snow. Accumulations likely. Lows -1 to +3C with frost. Fresh westerly winds. — Met Éireann (@MetEireann) January 28, 2015

Windy & cold.Sleet & snow showers in the northern half of the country;mostly rain & hail further south.Lows -1 to +3C.Some treacherous roads — Met Éireann (@MetEireann) January 28, 2015