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Low temperature weather warning remains in place as motorists urged to take care on the roads

Temperatures dipped below freezing last night.

A STATUS YELLOW weather warning remains in place for most of the country this morning as temperatures dipped below freezing in several counties overnight. 

Met Éireann said that the status yellow warning for 22 counties will remain in place until 10am this morning. The only counties to which the warning does not apply are Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford and Waterford.

Despite the freezing cold start to today, the national forecaster predicts that temperatures could reach as high as nine degrees today and that we’re also in for a relatively dry today. 

The forecast reads: “A cold start today with frost and patches of freezing fog slow to clear in places, leading to difficult driving conditions.

“A dry and sunny day is expected with highest temperatures generally 6 to 9 degrees, a good deal lower where fog lingers into the afternoon. Light variable winds will back southeasterly later in the day and freshen along Atlantic coasts.”

Met Éireann has forecast that conditions will become milder as the week goes on. Rain is expected later in the week. 

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    Mute Sean Partidge
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    Dec 12th 2022, 8:47 AM

    That might work if they updated itself. 8 hours on Friday with no updates other thant flight was taking off ten minutes ago

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    Mute Scott Crossfield
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    Dec 12th 2022, 9:17 AM

    @Sean Partidge: airlines update that side

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    Mute sean o'dhubhghaill
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    Dec 12th 2022, 11:14 AM

    @Sean Partidge: Not the airport’s responsibility.

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    Dec 12th 2022, 9:32 AM

    I suppose this is the DAA’s fault too.

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    Mute John Barry
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    Dec 12th 2022, 10:23 AM

    Stuck in Stansted. 9.50 Flight to Dublin cancelled at 11.30 last night with no notification untill I went online to look. No flights until tomorrow & have to get to Gatwick. It’s absolutely crazy here.

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    Mute Fiona Fitzgerald
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    Dec 12th 2022, 1:30 PM

    @John Barry: Hope you all get in the air soon. If only there were regular updates and places to charge your phones, it would be less stressful all right.
    (Put on a mask though, I’ve two friends down with Covid after a return flight where no one bothered.)

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    Mute Keth Warsaw
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    Dec 12th 2022, 12:31 PM

    Cancelled flights? Luxury!
    In my day we had to walk through airport – none a this cosy security checks. All and sundry (middle class if ya don’t mind) dressed resplendently singin’ tut rain in Spain, as such. Young generation xyz etc don’t know their livin’ what with over bookins, plane rage, terror-types and Ryanairs most bew-tee-full colour co-ordination and oppulant seating.
    Cancelled flights? They’re lucky! We used to dreeem a been cancelled.

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    Mute Liam McGrath
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    Dec 12th 2022, 11:50 PM

    Out via Dublin Airport recently. Dirty and filthy. Everywhere from the road to the aircraft. Retail staff just don’t even know what country they’re in.
    millions of others go through this.
    Almost 3 hours waiting on a stand, after a 9 hour flight. Watching winter operations training outside the aircraft while families onboard contacted loved ones to say We’re parked on the new runway to allow other airlines taxi into non contact stands.
    Plenty of stands vacant and not in use.
    I simply hate having to fly anywhere but jaysus, can the Airport operator not get anything right.

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    Mute Ciaran
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    Dec 13th 2022, 12:00 AM

    @Liam McGrath: bit of a skewed viewpoint

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    Mute Liam McGrath
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    Dec 13th 2022, 12:07 AM

    @Ciaran: correct, out was bad, inbound was worse.
    God love anyone travelling via Dublin.

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    Mute Paul Gorry
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    Dec 13th 2022, 12:04 AM

    Going to Dublin airport these days is a bit like your prepay meter. A load of ball ox.

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    Mute Fiona Fitzgerald
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    Dec 12th 2022, 10:45 AM

    Dubliners say they’re more than welcome to our share of the freezing fog, we’ve had enough of it on the east coast!

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