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# icy weather

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2022

Status Orange alert for most of country as freezing fog to persist into evening

It will remain very cold throughout the week with widespread frost and ice.

It reached as low as minus seven in parts of Co Galway overnight.

The emergency planning coordination group has said that most schools will remain open as normal.

Wintry showers are expected but there will be no wider snow event, forecasters said.

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Dec 12th 2022, 8:48 PM

Met Éireann warn of treacherous conditions amid freezing fog and icy roads

A Status Yellow freezing fog warning is now in effect nationwide.

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Dec 9th 2022, 7:00 PM