Donegal wakes to a blanket of snow following another cold night


'Snow showers leading to some accumulations,' Met Éireann said. 'The potential impacts are difficult travelling conditions, with some travel and service disruption'
Parts of the county have pulled the curtains this morning to a covering of snow and Met Éireann have forecast more of the same.
"Snow showers leading to some accumulations," they said. "The potential impacts are difficult travelling conditions, with some travel and service disruption.
"Very cold this morning with frost, icy stretches, patches of fog or freezing fog. These will clear very slowly and will linger all day in places with temperatures of just 0 to 4 degrees. Mainly dry with sunny spells. Scattered wintry showers in northern areas with some snow flurries. Isolated showers in the west. Light northwest or variable breezes.
"Tonight will be very cold night with widespread frost and icy stretches. Mostly dry with clear spells and patches of fog and freezing fog. Some wintry showers near northern and western coasts. Lowest temperatures of -5 to -1 degrees Celsius with light northwest breezes."
A status yellow weather warning, with snow and ice, is in place until Thursday at 11am for Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo.
