Yeah yeah yeah, we’ve had our fun in the snow and we’re kinda done with it at this stage. Snowball fights are grand on the first day but have you ever been hit with a frozen snowball? It’s not pretty.  So to save our red raw hands from any further pain we’ve decided to treat today like […]

8 years ago

Storm Emma is set to arrive in Ireland this afternoon, merging with the Beast from the East to make the weather even worse.  There’ll be heavy snow, sub-zero temperatures, gale force winds, and a risk of thunderstorms with hail tonight.  Met Eireann has issued a Status Red weather warning for the whole country – which means you […]

8 years ago

We’ve reached Day 2 of Snowmageddon and if weather warnings are to be believed, we ain’t seen nothing yet.  With the whole of Ireland now under status red, a level which means action should be taken, here are some things you can do to prepare for the worst. 1. Bring your cats and dogs indoors Make […]

8 years ago

Ahhh here. Think you had it bad working from home yesterday in the comfort that your employer trusts you couldn’t risk the snow? Have a bit of sympathy for the staff of an unnamed Irish company that were asked to send in photos of their roads outside as proof they couldn’t come into the office.  The screenshot […]

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We bet you didn’t know that it was possible for you to break the law while driving in the snow.  While it’s not ideal to be slowly gliding on the road in this weather, for some people, they don’t have a choice.  However, The Irish Mirror is saying that there is four ways that Irish […]

8 years ago

If you are one of the many unfortunate people who had a flight cancelled today, we really feel for you.  It looks as though there will be more flight cancellations and delays as the week goes on also and The Irish Times have put together a list of what rights you have if your plans have […]

8 years ago

As of 5pm on Wednesday, Met Éireann has issued four updated snow-ice warnings which include the whole of Leinster, Munster, Connacht and Donegal and Monaghan.  First of all, the Status Red Update is a Snow-ice Warning for Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow and Meath where further disruptive heavy snow showers are expected overnight with significant accumulations. It is in […]

8 years ago

If you haven’t already caught The People Vs. O.J. Simpson : American Crime Story then we’d advise you to head over to Netflix and do so as soon as you can.  The drama series, based one of history’s most famous murder cases, took the world by storm when it first aired in 2016. Starring Cuba […]

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AA Roadwatch has released a full list of roads that are being reported as dangerous or treacherous because of the snow.  The following list can be found here and is updated regularly on their website. In the Red Warning areas, the following roads are being monitored:    In Dublin, Gardaí report that main routes across the […]

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Gardai have issued a warning to drivers to exercise “extreme caution” today after an increase in collisions on roads across the country.  Superintendent for Roads Policing Finbarr Murphy told The Journal: “Leave huge distances between yourselves and the car in front.  “Don’t take photos of scenery as you’re driving, as we saw on the motorway this morning. […]

8 years ago

As the Beast from the East continues to batten down the hatches across the nation, tomorrow’s arrival of Storm Emma is expected to bring severe snow of up to 25cm.  Met Eireann released updated Red weather warnings for all of Leinster and Munster, saying: “Blizzard-like conditions will develop in heavy snow and strong easterly winds on […]

8 years ago

A school in Cork has decided to allow students to sit their mock exams from the comfort of their own home. The decision was made as a result of the Beast from the East which is sweeping across the country today. Hewitt College, a private school in Cork, informed parents of students at the school […]

8 years ago