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Snow and ice on way in the latest bitter cold snap
THE country is set to be blasted with snow from today after Met Eireann widened its weather warnings for the latest bitter cold snap.
Three separate Status Yellow alerts were issued on Tuesday, running from 6am today to 6am tomorrow for some counties.
But the national weather ser vice yesterday updated and widened its warnings.
It pinpointed more counties that are to be affected by hazardous travelling conditions, poor visibility, and icy surfaces due to snow and ice.
A St atus Yel l ow snow and i c e warning came into place for Clare, Galway, Laois, Offaly, Tipperary, Westmeath, and Wicklow from 3am today and will remain until 1pm.
There is also a Status Yellow rain warning for sleet and localised flooding in Carlow, Dublin , Kildare, Louth, Meath, Wexford, and Wicklow from 5am today until 5pm tomorrow. A third Status Yellow snow and ice warning came into ef fect at 5am today for counties Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, and Long ford.
Met Eireann warned of “sleet and snow, leading to accumulations, most significantly on higher ground” from 5am today until 8pm.
All six counties across the border are under a Status Yellow snow warning from 10am today until 6am tomorrow.
Councils across the country were
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last night gritting roads while Transport Infrastructure Ireland assessed salt stocks.
Average usage for the period January to April over the years 2019 to 2022 was 21,300 tonnes.
A TII spokesperson told the Irish Mirror : “Supply remains strong. We were dealing mostly with rain events since the last cold spell, so plenty of salt and grit on standby for use.”
Forecasters at Met Eireann have warned of freezing temperatures and said today will begin with outbreaks