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IF YOU’RE HOPING for an end to the cold snap this week, we have to be the bearers of bad news – today is going to be another chilly one.
That snow Met Éireann warned about has fallen over parts of the country.
As if you needed proof…
Liam Mc Hugh / TwitterSnow in Swinford this morning #snow @ThisisiRadio @JOEdotie @thejournal_ie @breakingnewsie pic.twitter.com/tkn1nP33nX
— Liam Mc Hugh (@Limey112) March 3, 2015
Emily Ross / TwitterRoad to Dublin... #M7 just before Roscrea. #weatherdelay #traffic @aaroadwatch pic.twitter.com/rOxJyhJyld
— Emily Ross (@emilyjaneross) March 3, 2015
Emma-RoseIrish Kenny / TwitterWains all over ireland hoping for a snow day tomorrow #hopeful :) pic.twitter.com/Vl2VhoqK3T
— Emma-Rose (@irishkennyLGB) March 3, 2015
Today, it warns that it will be a cold and icy start to the day, with further wintry showers.
The snow showers “will be heaviest and most frequent in northern and western areas, with scattered thunderstorms”.
Met Éireann / TwitterA cold icy start, further wintry shwrs heaviest in N & W, with sctrd thunderstorms, more of rain or sleet in pm. Highs 4-7 C in SW to W wind
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) March 3, 2015
Top temperatures will reach 4 – 7c.
Tonight, it will be cold again, with clear spells and some showers. The lowest temperatures will be -1 to +2c, meaning that we can expect some frost and icy patches.
There’s still a Status Orange national warning in effect with a snow-ice warning for Connacht, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath and Meath.
It’s in place until 6pm today.
A status yellow snow-ice warning for Munster, Dublin, Carlow, Kilkenny, Louth, Wexford and Wicklow is in place until 6pm tonight also.
Traffic woes
As you can see from the photos above, some roads are having issues due to the bad weather.
One Twitter user is reporting that the road has been closed between Nenagh and Moneygall:
Emily Ross / TwitterBetween Nenagh and Roscrea at Moneygall, exit 23. Road has just been closed. @aaroadwatch #traffic #M7 pic.twitter.com/nNZfCHRzRa
— Emily Ross (@emilyjaneross) March 3, 2015
AA Roadwatch is reporting that it’s taking around 1 hour 45 minutes to travel south on the M50 from the M1/M50 interchange to Junction 13 Ballinteer.
In Cork, there is black ice on Airport Hill, so caution is needed.
AA Roadwatch / TwitterCORK: Extreme care is needed on the M8 Dublin/ Cork Rd between J17 Watergrasshill and the Dunkettle Interchange due to road conditions.
— The AA Ireland (@aaroadwatch) March 3, 2015
In addition, Irish Rail is reporting that some of its services are operating with delays of an hour or more:
Iarnród Éireann / Twitter05.30 Limerick/Heuston service is operating with a delay of 55 mins due to a earlier level crossing issue.
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) March 3, 2015
Iarnród Éireann / Twitter06.00 Cork/Heuston service is currently delay by 40 minutes due to a mechanical fault. Update to follow.
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) March 3, 2015
Iarnród Éireann / TwitterUpdate: 05.30 Limerick/Heuston operating with a delay of 75 mins due to a earlier level crossing issue & mechanical fault. Update to follow.
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) March 3, 2015
Iarnród Éireann / TwitterUpdate : 05.30 Limerick/Heuston operating with 65 minute delay. 06.00 Cork/Heuston operating with a 55 minute delay.
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) March 3, 2015
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When’s Spring?? I keep hearing rumours that it’s coming this Thursday.
Saturday’s supposed to be 14 degrees according to my weather app
As a country, we collectively need to grow a pair. Bit of frost and a dusting of snow, no doubt our severe weather is headline news worldwide!!
Sure ‘the pair’ would only drop off in that weather!!!
@ProudishIrishRepublican This article is what was traditionally as a “weather forecast” or “weather report”. It doesn’t mean we’re all freaking out or going nuts. Nobody’s claiming that the world’s about to end.. It’s just information that we use, in all walks of life,, to plan our day and avoid weather-related problems.
@Neal: weather warnings my ar$e, a bit of frost and there’s an orange warning!! Just saying we over exaggerate where weather is concerned. We seem to have a fixation on weather. It’s Ireland FFS! Cold and wet. Tell me something I don’t know!
Seen the 4 horses of the apocalypse eating hay in the field across the road from me earlier. .
And they happy out…
Left Wexford at 5.00 this morning, N11 pretty good all the way to ballsbridge.
Brrrrr….
Will we survive ?
Couple of inches in Leitrim village, like a white Christmas but in march,!!!!!!
Cold as a witches tit
Beautiful blanket of snow outside this morning..
There is a status Green warning issued for next weekend when temperatures are expected to rise above 10c. Beware .
I’m on business in Australia, 30 degrees and sunny, what is this ‘cold’ of which you speak?
Don’t be that guy Drew. Nobody likes that guy…
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