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Monday 5 June 2023 Dublin: 17°C

# Ice

All time
# Support units
Australian police seize €637 million of meth stuffed inside bra inserts
That’s around 3.6 million hits.
# Ice Ice Baby
Watch your step, frost and ice are coming our way
We’re in for another cold one.
# extra care
Two men killed in Monaghan crash this morning
Crashes have been reported in Kerry, Wicklow, Mayo and Monaghan this morning.
# medical id
Is this emergency feature set up on your iPhone?
It allows paramedics to find out who you are.
# Frosty reception
Is it ever acceptable to put ice cubes in wine? We investigated
Snobbery, or a genuine concern? Let’s find out.
# under the sea
What's under the icy seas of Europa? NASA plans to find out
The hope is that a new prototype will be able to explore distant planets with potential habitable oceans.
# Australia
Man who killed nine puppies while high on meth jailed
The attack was described as “deplorable and distressing”.
# Snow Joke
Pics: How you've been dealing with the snow around the country
Got any more pictures? Send them in…
# Dancing on Ice
This 10 second video of a man slipping on ice is magnificent
Better than RTÉ guy? You tell us.
# Dangerous Driving
Man creates black ice using buckets of water to mask drink driving crash
Police said it took a half-ton of salt to melt the ice and make the road passable.
# Snow Joke
Man laughs at dog slipping on ice, gets instant karma
Payback.
# orange alert
A MINUS SIX weather warning... And no sign of an end to the freezing stupid weather
Remember last week, when we were all running out of work to gawp at the snow? What idiots we were.
# born slippy
This dog magnificently slipping on ice is all of us
If you can be regal while slipping on ice, this dog is regal.
# slow down
Here's how to avoid sliding all over the place in icy conditions tomorrow
Do you have that de-icer at the ready?
# abseil
Climbers stuck on ledge sparks dramatic rescue on Carrauntoohil
A mountain rescue team had to be airlifted to the summit to reach the climbers.
# Frozen
There's ANOTHER weather warning in place, this time for snow
The ice, frost and fog isn’t going anywhere in a hurry.
# electric blanket
Three centimetres of snow forecast for parts of the country tonight
That’s if you live in Connacht, or Cavan, Donegal, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary…
# mmmfff
This tiny pig sliding on the ice is just....
It’s just so…
# Brrrr
Grab that hot water bottle... it's set to be a cold night
Watch out for severe ground frost too.
# brr
Get the thermals back out: Temperatures will drop to -3 tomorrow
There will be widespread hard frost, icy roads and fog tomorrow.
# Ice Ice Baby
Driving today? Be careful, it's very icy out
Met Éireann has issued a warning because it’s so cold.
# six below
There was ice everywhere this morning - and it's going to get colder again tonight
Drive safely out there on the roads, rug up and look after the elderly.
# christmas dinner
Here's what Ernest Shackleton and his crew were having for dinner, inching through the ice 100 years ago today...
Jugged hare, anyone?
# Clear as Ice
Walking on Water: Hikers discover the clearest ice on a frozen lake
Wow.
# ice ice
Walking on clean ice is like being in a real life videogame
Unsettling.
# drive safe
Careful now: There's frost and ice on the roads this morning
So, it’s definitely winter now.
# whooaaaa
This man slipping on ice puts the RTÉ News guy to shame
We have a winner.
# pigeons on ice
Very confused pigeons try to walk on ice
Dear God what happened to the floor?
# icepocalypse
Shops around Ireland are literally running out of ice for the Ice Bucket Challenge
The freezer compartments are bare. No, really.
# the game is on
Benedict Cumberbatch's ice bucket challenge - can he really 'break the internet'?
The Cult of Cumberbatch.
# point of view
Scientists strapped a camera to a polar bear... now see the footage
The US Geological Survey is studying the bears’ behaviour.
# dangerous conditions
Freak hailstorm leads to multiple car crashes on "treacherous" M8
The hailstones led to icy and treacherous conditions on the Cork-Dublin road this afternoon.
# abandon trip
Irish duo forced to abandon 780km North Pole trek after sled accident
It’s the second time Clare O’Leary and Mike O’Shea have had to abandon an attempt at the Pole.
# slippery
Drivers warned of 'extremely dangerous' conditions nationwide
Temperatures are expected to remain below zero overnight so take care and bundle up.
# Baltic
It's official, today was a snow day*! Here are your pics to prove it
*Not really, we still had to work.
# the coolest
This igloo hotel in Germany looks like the most magical place on earth
Someone book a flight, because we all need to go.
# Brrrrrr
Bundle up: Temperatures set to plummet tonight
Showers experienced this morning will become more isolated later today before the frost sets in tonight.
# f-wee-zing
Here's what happens when you pee outside in below freezing weather
All in the name of science, obviously.
# Trapped
Stranded Antarctic passengers finally rescued from stuck ship
A helicopter from a nearby Chinese ship has begun ferrying scientists, tourists and journalists from the trapped ship.
# Stranded
Helicopter to rescue passengers on science ship trapped in Antarctica
The 52 passengers will be taken by helicopter to a nearby ship, while the 22 crew members are expected to remain with the trapped vessel.