Over 2,000 new blood donors have come forward in the aftermath of Storm Emma.

Update 4.27pm: The Agriculture Minister says the importation of fodder supplies should begin as soon as tomorrow.

A cousin of a young man who was paralysed during Storm Emma says there is hope that he will regain the use of his arms.

Grocery shops got an unexpected windfall from the snow drifts and Storm Emma, with shoppers’ bulk-buying of milk, bread, and, alcohol helping to add €9.6m in sales in a week, according to Nielsen data.

More than €50,000 has been raised in under 18 hours for a young Cork teenager who was severely injured during Storm Emma in March.

Nine out of 10 people think the red weather alert issued by Met Éireann during Storm Emma was justified.

Yellow snow warnings have been issued by the UK's Met Office as a "mini Beast from the East" looks poised to impact Britain.

Some may have assumed “global warming” means that snow events in March were a thing of the past.

I am writing to express my concern over the very dangerous loss of basic services in the Rosslare/Broadway areas.

We Irish trudged through snow and blizzards during Storm Emma to ensure everyone was safe and warm.

Latest: Irish Water says 2,450 customers remain without a water supply.

By Stephen Cadogan

By Karen Walsh

Insurance companies are being urged to prioritise farmers who've been hit by Storm Emma after the Beast from the East ravaged the country last week.

Events of natural disaster can bring out the very best in people. This has been exemplified within Irish society the past week and in particular within our health services.

A family trapped by snow have issued an emotional thank you to an “army of angels” who helped ensure the safe delivery of a very special snow-storm baby.

Latest: Irish Water says 16,000 are without water in counties Tipperary, Galway, Wexford and Leitrim.

Latest: There are 23,000 people still without water across Galway, Leitrim, Tipperary and Wexford this evening.

The recent cold, stormy weather gave many people an unexpected long weekend as people were unable to safely travel to work.

There is an urgent appeal for blood donations following last week's storm.

One exotic bird has been returned to his home in Marlay Park in Dublin following Storm Emma.

Ministers will discuss the ongoing response to the adverse weather.

Severe pressure on health and water services are being tackled by staff nationwide as the massive clean-up continues in the aftermath of Storm Emma.

When the GAA unveiled their master fixtures plan for 2018, April was hailed as a “club only” month. The heavy snowfall of last week, however, means club hurlers now face uncertainty during the one month exclusively set aside for them.

An intrepid effort by east Clare soccer club Newmarket Celtic managed to round up 40 volunteers last Saturday morning to clear their pitch of snow for a Munster Junior Cup quarter-final against St Michael’s of Tipperary.

Water rationing is to be introduced across Dublin overnight as widespread leaks, caused by burst pipes during freezing temperatures, led to major shortages.

30 staff members employed at the Lidl store in Tallaght which was looted during Storm Emma have been redeployed to other stores in the area.

The recent snowy weather brought out the best in many local communities around Ireland, and Cork woman Betty Hennessy was one of those braving the weather to help her neighbours.

Water restrictions and pressure on hospital services will continue in the coming days and weeks in the aftermath of the Storm Emma, writes Juno McEnroe.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has called for the first two weeks of March to be declared, and treated, as an emergency period in the Irish public health service.

Latest: As the snow melts drivers are being warned not to be lulled into a false sense of security.

Around 10,000 homes and businesses are left without water this morning while more than 120,000 have restricted supplies.

Thousands of people remain without electricity and water this morning, while water rationing may be imposed in some areas as the country struggles to recover from the ravaging Beast from the East.

Do not be fooled into a false sense of security by the big thaw, motorists and returning workers have been told.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned officials may "find people dead in their homes in the coming days" when isolated areas are cleared of snow and elderly people are checked on.

Storm Emma brought with it a snow storm that the country will remember for a long time to come.

We may have been unable to get around the country in the past couple of days, but we haven't been wasting our time, what with all this snow about.

The President of the Irish Farmers Association says dairy farms are facing a crisis due to the current weather conditions.

Latest: Eight men arrested after two supermarkets were looted in Dublin during Friday's blizzards have been charged with theft, burglary and trespassing offences, Gardaí have said.

The President of the Irish Farmers Association says dairy farms are facing a crisis due to the current weather conditions.

Latest: Residents in Cork city have been advised to conserve water amid fears of possible supply restrictions over the coming hours as the thaw sets in.

Icy roads will continue to cause treacherous driving conditions across vast swathes of the UK today, but a gradual thaw is setting in.

The lack of a print edition of the Irish Examiner yesterday was one of the very rare occasions in the newspaper’s history not to print.

Irish Water has warned of some water treatment plants struggling to cope because of exceptionally high demand.