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Poll: Do you want it to snow?

Give it to us straight. Be honest.

THERE WILL BE snow in some areas tomorrow night, according to Met Éireann.

Showers of hail, sleet and snow will be “most frequent in Ulster, Connacht and in west Munster, but in other areas also”. The cold conditions will continue over the coming days.

Some people like the idea of a white December, but for others it’s a nuisance.

What do you think: Do you want it to snow?


Poll Results:

Yes, I'd love a lot of snow (4887)
No (3883)
Yes, but only a little bit (1688)
I'm not sure (123)

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    Mute David Ronan
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    Dec 6th 2017, 12:51 PM

    The only people whom want it to snow are people that don’t drive and don’t have to commute or go to work, and kids.

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    Mute William O' Connor
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    Dec 6th 2017, 12:57 PM

    @David Ronan: I drive, I commute, I work and have kids… I want snow

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    Mute j4VEpUO8
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    Dec 6th 2017, 12:59 PM

    @David Ronan: think again!

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    Mute Simon Hall
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    Dec 6th 2017, 1:00 PM

    @William O’ Connor: no kids, but do all the rest. Bring on the snow!

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    Mute Lily
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    Dec 6th 2017, 1:00 PM

    @David Ronan: @David Ronan: I drive, I have to drive to work. I’m confident in my driving especially after that icy winter some years ago. I had to drive to Dublin and back and up some very dangerous back roads. I even helped out a woman stuck in Dunnes car park. I stood by the car and talked her trough it, so she could enter The multistory car park instead of abandoning her car in the middle of the road or hitting mine as she was trying to drive. She was in too low of a gear and her wheels were spinning, the car was sliding around. Took me a while to calm her down and got her into the multistory where she abandoned the car.

    Good winter tyres on the car, drive in a high gear unless going down hill than stick to a low gear. Drive like the car is full of unsecured eggs, so easy on the breaks. Use the gears to slow down.

    Bring on the snow :)

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    Mute Gillian Weir Scully
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    Dec 6th 2017, 1:01 PM

    @David Ronan: Well I guess I am a big kid at heart.

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello.
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    Dec 6th 2017, 1:09 PM

    @David Ronan: I want snow, I jist want it not to turn to ice that I can’t see and always end up slipping on.

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    Mute Jointheclubtoo
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    Dec 6th 2017, 1:36 PM

    @David Ronan: Driven all my life, and in snow conditions almost unknown in Ireland and I still like an occasional fall of snow. Unfortunately we are not good at dealing with it in this country and you soon tire of it.

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    Mute Roy Dowling
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    Dec 6th 2017, 2:53 PM

    @David Ronan: I drive, I have kids and I commute to work 6 days a week. Stop talking out of your A$$

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    Mute Let free speech live
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    Dec 6th 2017, 4:09 PM

    @Lily: Well said Lily as a truck driver myself I enjoy the challenge of tricky conditions. My advice for anyone who is particularly nervous is stay off the road, breaking suddenly because you have hit 6 miles an hour will cause accidents. In snow and ice the break peddle should hardly be touched.

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    Mute Nucky
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    Dec 6th 2017, 5:01 PM

    @j4VEpUO8: poor David tried that the first time …it didn’t work out to well

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    Mute Lily
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    Dec 6th 2017, 12:49 PM

    At least a foot of the fluffy white stuff. My inner child can’t wait to get out.

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    Mute Sshh I'm Undercover
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    Dec 6th 2017, 1:02 PM

    @Lily: Congratulations! When are you due?

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    Mute Lily
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    Dec 6th 2017, 1:05 PM

    @Sshh I’m Undercover: As soon as the first snow falls..

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    Mute Sshh I'm Undercover
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    Dec 6th 2017, 1:13 PM

    @Lily: A little Christmas miracle. Best of luck to you x

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    Mute Alois Irlmaier
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    Dec 6th 2017, 5:33 PM

    @Sshh I’m Undercover: She ate him lol.

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    Mute meatyslaps
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    Dec 6th 2017, 12:54 PM

    I love snow, but can it wait until Christmas week when I’m not working?

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    Mute
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    Dec 6th 2017, 12:57 PM

    Yes on Xmas morning and a day or two after.

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    Mute Mrs Doyle
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    Dec 6th 2017, 1:02 PM

    After 2010, I never want to see the white stuff again! Up until then I loved snow.

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    Mute John Cassin
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    Dec 6th 2017, 12:58 PM

    That stuff only looks good on Christmas cards.

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    Mute Mary Lyons
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    Dec 6th 2017, 1:05 PM

    No! Just turns into slush and has to be cleaned up! Also older people can’t get out for fear of slipping!

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    Mute DaisyChainsaw
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    Dec 6th 2017, 2:06 PM

    No thanks. I can’t afford for it to snow because I don’t have the leave left and the drive to work in the snow is terrifying.

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    Mute Niall Sheridan
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    Dec 6th 2017, 1:26 PM

    You don’t have a “No Feck Off” category!!

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    Mute Eileen Sinnott
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    Dec 6th 2017, 1:38 PM

    Oh let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.!!
    Happy Christmas folks..

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    Mute Damocles
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    Dec 6th 2017, 12:48 PM

    I’d rather avoid it, although the rest of my family would like it.

    Still, as I mentioned yesterday, as a Tory I have the fires of hell always with me. That should see off any snow.

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    Mute Todd Hebert
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    Dec 6th 2017, 3:55 PM

    People who want it to snow are absolutely insane to the point of guano-psychosis!

    The ideal amount of snow is a dusting Christmas Eve that’s gone by Stephen’s day.

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    Mute Sshh I'm Undercover
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    Dec 6th 2017, 12:58 PM

    No. Snow is a white supremacist hate symbol. It blankets the world with its frosty oppression #meltthesnow

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    Mute Trish
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    Dec 6th 2017, 5:33 PM

    No I don’t want snow, I’ve no heating and it’s getting hard to stay warm at home, any colder and I might as well go sit in the fridge to warm up

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    Mute Diogenes
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    Dec 6th 2017, 12:57 PM

    If only.

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    Dec 6th 2017, 1:16 PM
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    Mute Dave O'Hanlon
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    Dec 6th 2017, 5:09 PM

    As as long as I live in Dublin, no absolutely not

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    Mute Ray Farrell
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    Dec 6th 2017, 5:17 PM

    Yeah about 4 foot of it would be lovely, would be able to build a great little igloo.
    But in reality a flutter will bring the country to a standstill .

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    Dec 6th 2017, 5:31 PM

    With global warming there will be plenty of sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) and snow??? As well as more if the gulf stream switches off due to global warming?

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