Yellow alert: Further weather warnings issued in wake of Storm Bella 

The forecaster has expanded their previously issued snow and ice warning for Donegal and Leitrim to include Cavan, Monaghan, Longford, Louth, Roscommon and Sligo

Met Éireann has issued further weather warnings for Ireland in the wake of Storm Bella passing over the country at the weekend.

A yellow wind warning has been issued for Cork, Kerry, Clare, Sligo, Mayo, Galway and Donegal.

The warning comes into effect from 6pm on Sunday evening until 2pm on Monday.

Northwesterly winds associated with Storm Bella will reach speeds of between 50 to 65km/h with gusts of 90 to 110km/h.

Some coastal flooding is expected due to strong winds, high waves and storm surge.

A yellow wind warning has been issued for Cork, Kerry, Clare, Sligo, Mayo, Galway and Donegal.

Meanwhile, the forecaster has expanded their previously issued snow and ice warning for Donegal and Leitrim to include Cavan, Monaghan, Longford, Louth, Roscommon and Sligo.

The yellow warning includes wintery showers this evening with snow accumulations possible as well as icy stretches on untreated surfaces.

The warning is already in place and will last until 7am on Monday morning.

Alan O'Reilly from Carlow Weather has the outlook.

He said: "Showers will become more wintery with some accumulations possibly of snow and also a risk of ice forming on untreated roads.

"It will continue to be very cold for the coming days."

Power outages

The ESB is working to restore power to customers around the country after Storm Bella made landfall overnight.

More than 600 households and businesses remain without power this morning.

Customers are without supply in Cappamore, Co Limerick, while an outage in Blarney, Co Cork is affecting 107 homes.

There are 106 homes without electricity in Kilcock, Co Kildare, while in Co Clare there are 104 customers without power in Ennis.

The remaining power cuts are spread across counties Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Kerry, Waterford and Wicklow.

In the North

Northern Ireland is under a status yellow snow and ice warning.

Icy surfaces are likely in many parts, bringing difficult travel conditions.

It's in place in the six counties until 3pm this afternoon.

However, a further snow and ice warning has been issued for the North this evening.

The status weather alert comes into effect at 6pm and is in place until 10am Monday morning.

The UK Met Office warned: “An area of rain, sleet and snow will move south through Sunday night with the potential for icy surfaces and some travel disruption.”