Colder this week, some wintry/snow showers, widespread frost and ice.

Thus people differ. I find it a great cold spell. Clear, dry air and invigorating weather - and doubly great because there was no snow for us. Here's hoping it stays away.

Last big cold we saw -10 on the car and one cars batteries froze not thawing till midday.

At the moment lowest I've seen is -1.5 in the car. Obviously much colder in other parts of Ireland.

sarsfield bridge limerick city it says ~4 but feels like -6.

Cold and foggy this morning. Ive had enough of this now. Burning oil and solid fuel to keep warm. Electric metre spinning like a top. Some hefty bills on their way that's for sure.

I suppose you have to laugh. Only 5 months ago it took me 1 minute to get ready on a morning. T shirt and shorts.

Now it takes about 15 minutes with all the layering. I've gone all trendy nowadays. Long John's no longer, baselayer it is. 😁

-2.5 here in Sth Kilkenny at 7.30 this morning - Fairly thick fog, no frost. Very still morning still, no wind at all.So the fog will be around for the day id say.

All the scaremongering is ridiculous as it is funny .... Youd swear some of those 'reporters' got their reports off some people in this thread !!!!

Lowest temp at Met station is -8.9c in Limerick

That's chilly alright.

Its gonna be milder from Sat onwards.

i really hope it is milder.. i dont mind the cold weather but a lot of people will be on the move next weekend and it would be nice to not have the worry of dangerous road conditions.. it can freeze/snow all it wants for christmas.

I feel so sorry for the birds. They have short lifespans so wouldn't remember 2010 or listen to Met Eireann. It must seem like end of days to them when everything freezes!

Roads surprisingly quiet this morning. A lot of people must have decided to stay put.

It's strange how -3 can feel warmer than +6 or +7 with a breeze.

Anyway from next weekend we'll be back to t-shirt weather!! Wouldn't be shocked to see us hitting +13 or +14 before the year is out.

I want to see cars driving across lakes like 2010. Then it's severe cold.

Freezing fog and bitter here in Galway City this morning, everything still frozen solid, including it appears our central heating. Won't fire up this morning. Very irritating.

If we end up with an alternating pattern between south westerlies and north westerlies, temperatues will probably not get up that high, the milder weather won't last too long in that scenario too. We would also see some brief cold spells in such a setup ,with perhaps snow at night in places

Like I think even the most ardent of Cold Snappers on here will agree that the above is alarmist at best and downright idiotic and incorrect at worst. Nation set to freeze? Nah lads that's not happening in most places.

250k to work from home? I'd say a lot more than that are permanently working from home.

Snow Ice and freezing fog? Maybe a little but nothing which is a danger to motorists.

22 flights in and out of Dublin Cancelled? Nothing to do with the weather in Ireland lads.

They generally are very balanced. It’s only ever some gutter press losing the run of themselves and then the inevitable backlash to that. Then some politician chimes in and the cycle repeats

Met Eireann themselves are nearly always pretty sensible

What station was that?

RTE are saying -7.2 Athenry last night.

A water pump would not make your electricity meter show excessive use.

And in milder weather when we still have the heating on, but turned down low, the pump runs at the same level of power consumption.