Met Éireann has issued a status yellow snow and ice warning for the entire country.

The storm, which was named by the Spanish Met Office, will bring winds of up to 85km per hour, with gusts potentially reaching 130km per hour.

Count centres across the country have reopened this morning as Day 2 of the count gets underway.

The count in Wexford has completed with the election of Independent Verona Murphy on the eleventh count.

Confirming his status as Kerry’s biggest vote-getter, tallies put him at topping the poll with 16,695 votes.

The Independent Alliance has all been ended as Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran, the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW) has announced he is leaving the group.

Institutes of Technology have their own autonomous award making powers for the first time ever, with the exception of doctoral awards.

A GOVERNMENT department has defended paying €2.75m for an airport on the Aran Islands that had been valued at €600,000 in an independent report they commissioned.

It is “fraudulent” to blame the Government for the failings in health and housing, a Fine Gael minister has claimed.

While the Irish economy maintained an upward trajectory in 2019, it has been a trickier year for SMEs.

The government has said that there are still reformations needed in the Football Association of Ireland before the body gets its State funding back.

Mary Williams from Tallaght joined other bingo players outside Leinster House to protest against proposed gambling legislation.

Demolition has begun at the suburban shopping centre car park in Cork which was gutted by fire almost three months ago.

As a participant in a Forestry Knowledge Transfer Group, I have discovered the merits of co-operation amongst 20 forestry farmers prepared to share their personal experiences about forestry growing with others.

Mr D'Arcy has ignored calls to apologise to gardaí for the controversial comments.

The junior minister said the attack on Kevin Lunney should have been dealt with "sooner and better at that level" by senior gardaí.

The visit comes in the wake of the assault of Kevin Lunney, which Mr Varadkar described as "barbaric".

It comes after Fine Gael members in her Dún Laoghaire constituency backed a motion calling on the Fine Gael Executive Council to "urgently review" the ticket for the next election

He said he and Minister of State David Stanton have been consulting to consider a process which would allow the Government “to beef up” hate speech legislation.

Fianna Fáil’s finance spokesperson Michael McGrath has claimed that “some Fine Gael ministers” want a general election so they can get out of their portfolios “because they are failing”.

Representatives of Ballinamore Community Group claimed the Minister of State at Department of Justice and Equality David Stanton agreed to pause plans to accommodate asylum seekers in the town.

Cancer patients living in the south can now avail of some of the most technologically advanced treatments closer to home thanks to a new €77m cancer care centre in Cork.

The opening of a new Bon Secours Cork Cancer Centre has been described as a "very positive development for Cork and the wider Munster region".

The Junior Agriculture Minister claims his officials have been subjected to abusive behaviour by protesters.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has severely criticised Independent TD Joan Collins' foul-mouth outburst in the Dáil, branding it as a “vacuous and empty” stunt.

The final cost this year of providing direct provision accommodation for asylum seekers will be up to €60m over budget – almost double the original allocation set for 2019.

Meanwhile the Healy-Raes now see a gap and may well go for the chance of a third seat, it is strongly rumoured.

Anglers in the north-east say they are 'terrified' that a mysterious virus could wipe out salmonid stocks across the country.

Research published by the Federation of Irish Sport in partnership with Investec has shown that for every €100 invested in sport by the Government, the Exchequer receives up to €195 in tax revenues.

Minister of State at the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Patrick O’Donovan has described the latest Brexit proposals as not the basis for a deal, but they do form the basis for further negotiations.

School secretaries have secured a breakthrough in their industrial action against the department of education.

The Department of Justice has said it is "disappointing" that a bidder has withdrawn from the tender process to provide a Direct Provision centre in Oughterard, Co Galway.

Minister of State John Halligan has joined fellow political representatives from Waterford in calling on Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to ensure the city is the new headquarters of the planned merger with the Kilkenny/Carlow division.

The Fine Gael Cork South West TD says he is no longer able to balance political life with having a young family.

A major tourism conference is taking place in Dublin today to focus on how to grow the number of Chinese tourists visiting Ireland.

Donna Fox (30) was killed after being struck by a truck in Dublin in September 2016. She had been cycling to work.

One of the chief lobby groups for the banking sector has defended the controversial and divisive practice of the State's main lenders selling non-performing loans - or NPLs - to so-called vulture funds.

The club’s new hurling wall was also damaged by the flooding.

A number of drug seizures were made by gardaí yesterday, with people found in possession of cocaine, ketamine, LSD and MDMA when attempting to enter the gates.

A two-year project in Kerry aims to get people of all ages out into the forests to observe, enjoy and participate.

A series of new rules from the advertising watchdog will clamp down on exaggerated claims of speed and coverage by broadband and mobile providers.