Weather warning in place as country braces for 'bitterly cold' Siberian weather blast

Snow in the Liberty Hill area near Cork in 2018. File picture: Denis Minihane.

Met Éireann has issued its first weather warning as Ireland braces for a bitterly cold week from today onwards, with snow forecast across the country in what is expected to be a replay of 2018’s infamous 'Beast from the East' snowstorm.

Effective from 6pm this evening until 6pm tomorrow, counties across the east of the country and the border including, Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow, Meath, and Monaghan, have been issued a status yellow snow and ice warning.