Weather warnings remain in place this morning, with the possibility of more being issued as the cold spell deepens. A Status Orange alert for much of the country will expire at 11am, while a nationwide Status Yellow alert for low temperatures and ice remains active until noon on Friday.

The latest weather warning comes into effect at 7pm tonight and will remain in place until 8am on Friday morning

A 24-hour orange snow and ice warning comes into effect from 5pm on Saturday for Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Wicklow, Clare, Limerick and Tipperary with the national forecaster warning of “significant snowfall accumulations”.

Several areas across the country are already blanketed in snow - with more on the way. Met Eireann says the bitter cold is expected to persist through the rest of the working week. It has extended a nationwide Status Yellow low temperature and ice warning until midnight on Friday,

After a relatively mild Christmas, 2025 is off to a chilly start, prompting national forecaster Met Eireann to issue a Status Yellow warning, as well as a weather advisory, ahead of widespread frost and ice, rain, sleet and snow.

A fresh weather warning for ice has been issued across Northern Ireland beginning at midnight on Sunday and ending at 11:00 GMT on Monday. The Met Office is warning of icy patches on some untreated roads,

Forecasters are considering new weather warnings as an “extremely cold” snap continues in Ireland. Temperatures are expected to plummet to as low as -8C while a Status Yellow low temperature and ice warning applies to the entire Republic of Ireland until the end of Thursday.

Met Eireann has extended the nationwide Status Yellow weather warning by another 12 hours as Ireland faces a further freeze for the next four days. The Low Temperature alert issued at the weekend had been due to expire by noon on Thursday,