Council workers and contractors who have been clearing snow and gritting roads for a number of days in Co Wicklow have appealed to people to be sensible about visiting snow covered areas in the coming days.
Paddy Kenny, who is a contractor for Wicklow County Council, cleared fallen trees and several centimetres of snow from mountain roads in the Trooperstown area of the county this afternoon.
Following behind him was Brian Gaffney of Wicklow County Council who was gritting the roads before the coldest night of the current cold snap set in.
While RTÉ News was filming them at work, Mr Gaffney received a call requesting that a road towards a home was cleared…