Another two days of bitter cold, but thaw on the way

AFTER a low of -9C in some parts of the country overnight, Met Éireann is predicting another 48 hours of bitterly cold weather before temperatures finally begin to rise once more.

The weather service says that from Thursday and Friday the country will see a long overdue thaw with values approaching, but not quite reaching, December norms.

In the meantime all four provinces will see further snow showers though they are unlikely to be on the scale experienced over the last week.