Schools should be vigilant for severe weather - department warns as temperatures to drop as low as -7C

Independent: Drivers have been told to drive with care as the low overnight temperatures that lead to snow and ice in some areas will be repeated in the coming days.

A status yellow snow and ice warning remains in place for Ireland until Saturday afternoon, with showers of hail, sleet and snow forecast.

Large parts of the north west, west and south of the country were hit by snow last night - and those conditions are expected to hit the east of the country, and Dublin, later in the week.

This morning, a number of flights faced delays at Cork Airport after the first flurries of snow hit. Read article


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