Icy conditions see several flights delayed at Dublin Airport 

A robin among the snow and ice in Ticknock forest, Dublin. Parts of Ireland have been blanketed in snow with forecasters warning that freezing conditions are set to continue. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Several flights out of Dublin Airport have been delayed this morning as a result of icy conditions on the ground. 

It has been a snowy, frosty start to the morning, particularly in the east of the country, as temperatures dropped as low as -4C last night.