Met Éireann said there will very cold temperatures during the day and at night with persistent frost and icy stretches

An Arctic airmass has moved over Ireland this week, bringing noticeably colder weather

Temperatures are expected to drop as low as minus 4 degrees.

Temperatures are set to fall considerably in the coming days, with snow predicted for next Thursday.

The UN weather agency warned that average temperatures in Siberia were 10C (18F) above average last month, a spate of exceptional heat that has fanned devastating fires in the Arctic Circle and contributed to a rapid depletion in ice sea off ...