Wintry weather continues to impact the north west region
Parts of the north west region are waking up to snow this morning. Recent falls of snow along with Icy stretches and patches of freezing fog are making driving conditions difficult for motorists. Temperatures plunged to as low as minus 2 degrees Celsius overnight. A Met Eireann…
Donegal hit with another weather warning
A further weather warning has been issued for Donegal. The yellow alert is for heavy rainfall and is set to come into effect at 10pm tonight and will be in place until 8am tomorrow morning. A status yellow rain warning is also in place for six northern counties…
Wind warning in place for North West
A status yellow wind warning is in place for the North West today. Strong-to-gale force winds of up to 60 kilometers per hour are expected in Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim, with gusts reaching up to 110 kilometers per hour. Alan O Reilly from Carlow Weather says the winds…
Arctic weather continues to hit the north west
The National Emergency Coordination Group is meeting again today to monitor the severe weather. It’s expected to meet every day this coming week, to discuss how to manage the arctic blast which will last until Friday. The group is ”confident” schools and public transport will stay open. …
Commuters warned to to take care on regions roads
Met Éireann says there are hazardous conditions nationally, with a status yellow ice warning now in place. It will run until midday, with black ice possible, as well as freezing rain. The Road Safety Authority is advising motorists to slow down. There are no reports of any…
Snow & sleet forecast for parts of north west this week
Snow and sleet is forecast for parts of the north and west of the country this week. Met Eireann has issued a winter weather advisory for the entire country as an Arctic airmass is due. Furthers warnings are expected as temperatures fall below zero from tomorrow night. …
Sligo records 28.3 degrees as August temperatures continue to soar
Two stations recorded maximum temperatures over 30°C yesterday, with Oak Park reaching 31.7°C and provisionally beating the previous August record of 31.5°C, which was set in 1995 at the same weather station. The current heat wave saw temperatures yesterday across the country at over 25 degrees. With Markree castle…