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IRELAND IS IN for the coldest temperatures so far this season over the next few days.
Met Éireann has said that temperatures will be between 7 and 11 degrees in most places today, before dropping to as low as 3 or 4 degrees on Saturday.
A spokesperson said that Ireland will be affected by a northern polar air flow which could see some snow on higher ground, with Donegal most likely to see the white stuff.
However, other counties could also get “a light dusting” of snow, particularly higher areas and those close to the Atlantic.
“It’s not impossible the Dublin Mountains would get some snow,” the spokesperson said, adding: “Tomorrow night into Saturday will feel a lot colder.”
Today will be cool and breezy, with scattered heavy showers – especially in western and northern areas. Showers will continue tonight and patchy frost is expected in some midland areas.
Tomorrow will see sunny spells and scattered heavy rain and hail showers, particularly in Ulster.
Afternoon temperatures will reach 4 to 8 degrees Celsius before dropping overnight.
After a colder Saturday, with scattered hail showers, sleet and some wet snow, temperatures will recover slightly on Sunday – hitting around 6-9 degrees.
Monday will be cold and mostly dry. From Tuesday onwards, milder temperatures are expected to return again.
During the week almost 50,000 homes were left without electricity for a time as a result of Storm Barney, which saw winds up to 130km per hour in certain areas.
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Here’s hoping but it’s unlikely. The governor of Florida only imposed a lockdown there on April 1st as he had only recently learned the virus can be spread by people without symptoms. You can’t make this stuff up.
@Keith Fay: didn’t be blame New Yorkers for bringing the virus to Florida when he allowed idiot spring break seeking young people go wild and party without any consequences. He reminds me of the mayor from Jaws
@Jake Kelly: unbelievable
@Keith Fay: That was the governer of Georgia that only recently learned of that.
@Ed: any chance those stories were reported on Wednesday. You know April 1st
@Darren Byrne: I heard him say it myself. Sorry to bust your conspiracy theory.
@Ed: you’re right, it was Georgia
Artemis Fowl moving to streaming was likely more to do with it’s bad pre-release screening reaction. Poor characters due to movie makers messing with the book and re-writing characters and parts that conflicted with the original.
If it’s not broke, don’t Woke it.
Yea, July isn’t going to be much of a runner
“The next Indiana Jones film, currently untitled, was pushed back an entire year to July 2022″ … Every cloud ..
Mulan…………jesus wept
Cinema close dont know how long coronavirus gone as should some 2020 films delay why not put disney+ steaming as pay per one film
Mulan can be released as China is no longer in lockdown and that will be where the main box office draw will be.
@Brian Flavin: cinema tickets sell more. And Disney is very greedy
Cinema’s are empty for onvious reasons. I doubt that streaming platforms will pick up the production of big budget productions (beside the odd case) anywhen in near future.
Might be that the virus could kill the struggling cinema industry and with it big productions for good.
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