Met Éireann has warned of windy weather across 10 counties today.

Windy and blustery weather conditions are expected to continue across the west, north-west and south of the country for much of the evening.

There's a hint of summer in the air for Ireland today, with temperatures set to hit as high as 20C.

As thousands take to the roads for Christmas today, the Road Safety Authority is warning motorists to take extra care with more bad weather expected.

Motorists are being warned to take extreme care as icy weather is set to spread across the country over the weekend.

Met Éireann has warned of the possibility of further flooding this evening.

This June has been the wettest ever recorded for most of the country.

Severe weather conditions are expected in all parts of the country over the next 24 hours with high winds and heavy rainfall, but mountainous areas of the south and west will be worst-affected.

Power is starting to return to homes after storms battered the country overnight.

Met Eireann has issued another severe weather warning with up to 20 centimetres of snow forecast over the coming days.

REGIONAL and local roads may not be salted when a second big freeze begins to tighten its grip on the country tonight.

Road chiefs tonight refused to give a green light to people driving home for Christmas as the big freeze was poised to strike again.

Met Éireann says stormy conditions across the country are beginning to ease this morning.

COASTAL communities were today waking up to see if the overnight flooding predicted by forecasters would bring the destruction feared.

Coastal communities were tonight braced for potential flooding as forecasters warned of gales, high tides and heavy rain.

IRELAND’S big freeze is set to return for the new year with Arctic conditions leading to treacherous icy roads and pavements in many places.

FREEZING weather conditions will continue well into next week, with widespread frost making roads extremely hazardous but the prospect of a white Christmas is slipping away.

ALL around will be fresh and fair for those who stayed in their native Limerick to watch today’s final outdoors — after all rugby’s home is there.

SNOW is expected to make an early new year appearance but be gone just as quickly.

Motorists have been advised to drive with extreme caution this evening as treacherous road conditions are expected in most parts of the country.

IT STARTED off cold and frosty yesterday — like a bank manager’s debt reminder.

IT is cold, often wet and definitely miserable — welcome to the Irish summer.

Met Éireann has insisted that the current cold, wet and windy spell is not unusual for this time of year.

WEATHER forecaster Joan Blackburn was told her diction was a problem after being dropped from the panel of television broadcasters last summer, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) heard yesterday.