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LAST UPDATE | 7 Feb 2021
IT’S GOING TO be a cold day throughout the country as a new cold snap moves in, with Met Éireann forecasting sleet and snow over the coming days.
There’s also a risk of more widespread sleet and snow to move in on Thursday.
An advisory from the forecaster of very cold conditions kicked in this morning and is set to last until Wednesday. No weather warnings have yet been issued.
Parts of Munster will wake up to frost this morning with cloudy conditions forecast around the country.
There’ll be outbreaks of rain and drizzle in parts of north Leinster and Ulster that will move southwards and then die out.
There’ll be some bright spells this afternoon with highest temperatures between 2 and 5 degrees.
Tonight will be cold and mainly dry, Met Éireann said. Sleet and snow is forecast for the northern half of Leinster and eastern half of Ulster.
Lowest temperatures will range between -2 and 2 degrees with a widespread sharp or severe frost and icy patches tonight.
Tomorrow will be “very cold”, Met Éireann said, with bright or sunny spells.
There’ll be scattered sleet and snow in the eastern half of the country, and in south Munster. Highest temperatures will be 1 to 4 degrees.
Driving conditions
AA Ireland has urged motorists to use caution when driving in the coming days, due to the likelihood of snowy and icy conditions on roads across the country.
They are advising for all motorists to reduce their speeds when driving on icy or snowy roads, and to pay close attention to other road users like cyclists and pedestrians.
“While many of us are spending significantly less time in our car than we ordinarily would, for those who must travel in the days ahead it’s important that you remember to adapt your driving to the weather conditions that present,” said Conor Faughnan, AA Director of Consumer Affairs.
On icy roads it can take much longer to bring your car to a stop in an emergency, so it’s important that you reduce your speed and allow extra distance between yourself and other road users.
According to the AA, they are currently dealing with approximately 350 breakdowns per day, and they believe that the icy weather could lead to an increase in breakdowns.
“Right now many of us are using our cars less regularly than we ordinarily would, and when you mix cold temperatures with reduced usage – particularly over a weekend where the car may be completely idle – any battery issues the car may have been experiencing can be exacerbated resulting in the car failing to start,” said Faughnan.
Further outlook
Looking ahead, it’s going to remain very cold throughout the week with sharp ice and frost at nights.
On Monday night, temperatures could reach as low as -3 and then -4 on Tuesday night.
Met Éireann said there is “some uncertainty” on exact details for the weather on Thursday and Friday but that current indications say that snow will become more widespread.
It added that “significant accumulations” are possible before it turns to rain later on Thursday.
With reporting by Tadgh McNally
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That would be a TERRIFIC location for a Starbucks. Then I wouldn’t have to cross the street to go to the other one.
@James Patrick Grennan: yeah or doughnut shop. There isn’t one within 20 foot.
@James Patrick Grennan: agreed!! we are becoming Starbucks City… soon we shall convert Stephens Green into a giant Starbucks
@James Patrick Grennan: Cant we have a macaroon cafe instead? Or has that fad died?
@James Patrick Grennan: damn you James. I was just about to say the same thing! Lol!
@Sean Leonard:
Walton’s unlike Starbucks and most MNCs do not “qualify” for 0 – 2% tax rate.
Sad news. Where am I going to play Stairway to Heaven badly on the guitar now?! I’m barred from Music Maker until 2021. :(
@pats brandon: brilliant. I spat my coffee out laughing at that in a reat here in Belgium.
@pats brandon: No stairway? Denied!
Sign of the times…..retail is really suffering. Hit hard on several fronts….online shopping and commercial rents and rates beyond the means of business which has never really recovered from the crash. Rents still at boom level which is crazy given changing circumstances.
@gowfc@yahoo.com W: Agree entirely, I closed the The Dolls Hospital in Sth Great George’s St in 2012, business was good but couldn’t keep pace with rent ( 5 yearly reviews) rates & City bids etc etc. It had a great community spirit, many family owned & run business. Sad for the City, when will Dublin City Council wake up & save our city.
@gowfc@yahoo.com W: all true &don’t forget Fine Gael promised to stop upwards only rents, city centre businesses threw their weight behind them in the elections &as soon as they got into govt FG said it would require constitutional changes &did nothing about it
@Melissa Porter Nolan: Even big English retailers are winding up and pulling out. It will just be cafes and offices in the city centre soon. No reason to go to town.
@gowfc@yahoo.com W: Rates, rent, and online shopping will close a lot more retail stores, across Ireland. The shopping malls in America are closing by the dozen every week. The times are a changing fast and our greedy commercial landlords will be left with plenty of premises to let, with very few people prepared to set up business work their butts off to just pay rates and rent and get very little return for his or her efforts and risk.
A lot of shops will suffer this fate for to ridiculous rents in the city center. Ireland is stubbornly refusing to learn from past lessons.
@Seth Cheffetz: this may not be rent related, they are in there since 1922, its probable they are owners
@Rear Admiral: Read the article before you comment!
@Tony Stanley: In fairness, it doesn’t say anything about rising rents. Just an increase in costs of doing business on city centre. This could be rates, insurance, even the cost of parking company vehicles. Might not be related to rent at all.
@Tony Stanley:
clearly you didnt. it does not mention rent. you assumed it or didnt read the article, either way, take a red face moment
@Rear Admiral: They have been open since 1922 over on North Great Frederick Street…but the George’s Street branch was only opened in the early 1990s.
@Rear Admiral: Can’t read I presume..??
@Rear Admiral: they don’t own the building. They had a chance to buy years ago but decided against it.
I was a long time employee of the George’s street store.
Sad times. Slowly the character of a lot of cities is being gobbled up.
@Trevor W: yes it is but it’s market forces at work. People might be upset that their local butcher has closed but at the same time they do all their shopping in Aldi and Lidl; similarly people might go into Walton’s or Power City for a look at the equipment on sale and then type the model no into Google and they find they can buy it for €200 cheaper. The online retailer has less overheads naturally and will always be cheaper. Folks who complain don’t have a leg to stand on because their shopping habits have caused it!
such a shame, loved calling in there over the years.
Goodnight Jim-Bob
@Rear Admiral: that’s the wrong sign off, it should be ‘if you feel like singing do sing an Irish song’ Anyone of a certain vintage will know what I’m talking about
@Dermot Lane: ahhhh your showing both our ages now
Thomann is killing em one by one.Sad really. Adverts isn’t helping too. Second hand market is huge.
@Joe Travers: you beat me to it. Every musician I know, and that’s quite a few, buys from Thomann, and their prices are the guide to second hand values.
@Joe Travers: Yep.As much as I love music shops, there’s no way people are gonna be making any major purchases anywhere other than Thomann. It’s difficult to see how music shops of this scale can survive in the city centre selling strings, plectrums and the odd effect pedal. I always loved Waltons and Musician Inc on Drury Street, but all the musical instrument shops in town now are much smaller. Even the legendary Manny’s in New York is long gone…we can bleat all we want about rents and the city council but we’re pushing back the tide in this market at least, and it’s been coming for at least a decade….
@David Clements: well said. When Thomann are buying thousands of guitars, amps etc they are buying at a different rate to the humble shop who might place an order every 6 months for 10 or 20.
Top that off with huge rates and a decline in street shopping, then it was always coming.
@David Clements: If I’m going to spend a few grand on drums or cymbals I am not going to order online. You have to play before paying if you are buying decent gear.. Plus most shops match the Thomann price anyway.
Dublin and cork are destroyed in fast food joints .and coffee shops… all within feet of each other.. it’s terrible to see..there are way to many of them ..have the council any imagination
WHAT,WHEN
Dread to think what Dublin city centre will look like in 10 years. It’ll be all Dealz and starbucks
We can offer foreign companies huge tax incentives (pay pebbles lads), millions in grant money, change laws so that they can suck money out of the country and yet iconic Irish stores like this are abandoned. Sad times. A slippery slope too.
Old One #1: Ah jaysus, Bewleys / Clerys / Walton’s / Guineys is closing.
Old One #2: You’re having me on. Wha? I don’t believe you.
Old One #1: It’s true. You can ask Nellie if you don’t believe me. I’m after passing by and they’re pulling down the signs and it’s all boarded up.
Old One #2: It’s an awful shame. I haven’t been there in 30 years but I was just saying to Margaret last week we must drop in one of the days!”
What an absolute shame. Bought my first guitar there many years ago, a red stratocaster. As teenagers we used to go to the the Frederick St branch every weekend where I would drool over a red strat like the one played by my idol Mark Knopfler. Eventually the parents saved enough and bought me one on Georges St. Kids these days have their heads in screens 90% of the time and guitar idols are a thing of the past. What a shame.
Whether you like it or loathe it the age of online media and trading has jeopardized many other aspects of our way of life as we once knew it e.g. print media, cinema, c.ds/dads and the humble art of letter writing.
Such a shame. Did my work experience there in 2004. Always liked going in there too.
I used to spend hours in there on the synths. Sorry I never bought anything!!
Including live music.
Sad to see
Maybe of some use to musicians on here, but more aimed at DJ’s. Great shop just off the Belgard Road, in Tallaght, Co. Dublin if your stuck for cables, speakers, mics etc – http://www.djbox.ie
One word. Thomann
How sad. A fantastic music shop I loved visiting. Leo Maguire who compared the Waltons Show on RTÉ back in the sixties with the famous phrase: ‘If you want to sing a song do sing an Irish song’ was my school’s music teacher and I still fearfully remember his disquiet at my attempt to be accepted into the choir.
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