Bitterly cold conditions are expected nationwide for the rest of the week, with weather warnings for low temperature and ice in place until Thursday at least. Values could fall as low at -10 degrees.
An orange weather warning for most of the country was due to expire at 10am on Wednesday morning, before being reinstated at 6pm for every county in the State except Donegal. Met Éireann said temperatures were forecasted to range between -2 and -8 on Wednesday night.
Keith Leonard, director of the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management, said the country was facing “very difficult and very challenging” conditions on account of the extremely low temperatures.
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