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TODAY IS SET to be another wet and windy day across the country, before a very cold, frosty night tonight and tomorrow night.
Met Éireann forecasts a particularly windy day along west and north-west coasts, with a status yellow warning for gusts of up to 110km/h in place till midnight tonight.
A rainfall warning is also in place in counties Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo with heavy, thundery downpours expected to lead to as much as 50mm of rain by 1pm today.
There is also a general snow-ice warning for the country, which is in place until 8pm.
Gardaí are warning motorists to take extreme caution this morning along at the Sally Gap and along the Laragh/Roundwood Road (R755) in Wicklow and on the N16 Manorhamilton Road just outside Sligo town.
As the day goes on, we can expect widespread showers of rain, hail or sleet with a risk of thunder.
Tonight will be cold and frosty, with temperatures between 0 and 2 degrees, and icy patches developing in the midlands, east and north.
Most parts are actually set to be dry with some nice sunny spells tomorrow, but that will give way to lows of -3 degrees and more widespread frost into Saturday morning.
Looking ahead, temperatures will reach as high as 10 degrees at the weekend, with the relatively mild conditions to persist into next week.
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Thoughts with the 10,000 homeless on the street that’s to FF and co
10k on the streets? At any one time, there are 220 – 240 people sleeping rough.
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What about the fool that posts the same comment on every article on the journal?
@Peter Cavey: aye true enough however the folks in hostels get booted out at 7am and don’t find out if they’ve a bed the following night till 10pm. Long days with nowhere to go. The joys of the freephone system
@Martin Connolly: I don’t know how they can put people out on the streets at 7 a.m. on a freezing cold wet day, it’s sickening to say the least!
@Martin Connolly: Do they really?? Thats very harsh.. What the hell do you do at 7am on a freezing cold morning with nowhere to go?
@: dont forget FG too!
@Gus Sheridan:. It’s not like homelessness has only become an issue in the past decade. If blame is to be handed out to political parties, then you’re going to have to list every party involved in Government since the foundation of the state. That’s how long it’s been an issue.
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