Motorists urged to be cautious amid freezing temperatures nationwide

Muireann Duffy

Road users are being urged to take extreme caution as a number of weather warnings remain in effect on Monday morning.

Travel conditions will be particularly hazardous across the country due to low temperatures overnight, bringing widespread ice and snow in some parts.

Temperatures plummeted once again on Sunday night, falling to -3.8 degrees in parts of Dublin.

Three warnings have been issued for the Republic, while the UK Met Office has also issued a warning for the North.

Lowest overnight air temperature of -3.8 degrees recorded at our station at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, Dublin this morning at 06:00.⤵️📉 pic.twitter.com/dMcUwRLoUU

— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) January 15, 2024

Two status yellow warnings for low temperatures and ice commenced at 7pm on Sunday. Combined, the warnings cover all of the Republic.

Met Éireann warned that very cold temperatures overnight and into Monday morning will cause dangerous patches of ice, also with some freezing fog patches locally.

The forecaster added sleet and snow showers may impact some areas during the alerts, which will remain in place until 11am on Monday.

Separately, a yellow warning for snow and ice will be in place for Donegal from 6pm on Monday to 11am on Tuesday.

In the North, the six counties are covered by a yellow alert for snow and ice which commenced at 3am and will remain in place until 9am on Tuesday.