No thaw in sight as White Christmas looks likely

LARGE parts of the country will have a white Christmas Day as sub-zero temperatures over the next three days rule out a thaw.

Met Éireann said that while most of the country will be dry and bright today with just a few snow showers near the east coast, top temperatures will still reach no higher than 2ºC and could be as low as -6ºC in some parts, meaning the snow will still not melt.

Tonight the temperature will dip to as low as -16ºC in parts of the west and north and will not rise above -12ºC in other areas.