Warning for motorists as winter delivers first snowfall

WHITE Christmas may still have been playing in their heads, but it was snow that concerned many motorists heading back to work after the festive break yesterday

The first white stuff of the winter fell as sleet in parts of Leinster and the Midlands yesterday morning and turned to showers of snow in many places as the day progressed. Met Éireann was forecasting further scattered showers throughout last night, ranging from light dustings to deep falls with up to two inches predicted in places and temperatures low enough to prevent any immediate thaw.

The forecast applied to high ground right across the country but a general warning was issued to Counties Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Roscommon, Cavan, Monaghan, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Meath, Louth, Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow, Offaly and Laois.