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05 Jan 2026
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05 Jan 2026
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Weather warnings are in place across the island of Ireland because of snow and ice.
Met Eireann is warning of travel disruption on Saturday and into Sunday, with temperatures falling to between -2C and -4C in many areas and sharp or severe frost and icy stretches.
A Status Yellow low temperature and ice warning has been issued for counties Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.
Weather warnings have been issued by @metofficeni for snow and ice from 3pm today, Friday 2 January until 12.00pm on Saturday 3 January for all counties. A second warning is in place from 12.00pm Saturday 3 January until 12.00pm on Monday 5 January for all counties except County… pic.twitter.com/G2XLywT4hh
— Department for Infrastructure (@deptinfra) January 2, 2026
In Northern Ireland, the UK Met Office has also put yellow warnings in place for snow and ice with a minimum temperature of -3C on Saturday night.
A number of Northern Ireland Football League matches have been cancelled because of weather conditions including Ballymena United v Glenavon and Portadown v Cliftonville.
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