"The icy conditions will persist into next week, which could threaten ­thousands of children's return to school after the Christmas break on Monday. Status Yellow alerts will come into force over the weekend for all Ulster counties as well as large parts of the rest of the country. Met Éireann issued a Status Yellow ice alert for Donegal, which remained in place from 8pm last night until 11am today."
"Donegal's warning is upgraded to a snow and ice alert today, with that warning also covering Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Louth and all of Connacht. A Status Yellow low temperature and ice warning will be in place for Munster, Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, ­Laois, Longford, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow from 8pm tonight until 11am tomorrow. Tomorrow, a Status Yellow snow and ice warning will be in place for ­Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Connacht and Louth."
Status Yellow snow, ice and low-temperature warnings will affect wide areas of Ireland over the weekend and into next week, covering all Ulster counties and large parts of the rest of the country. Warnings include snow and ice for Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Connacht and Louth, and low temperature with ice for Munster and numerous eastern and midland counties. Icy conditions are expected to persist into next week and could threaten thousands of children's return to school on Monday after the Christmas break. Dublin Airport reports operating normally but five flights to Amsterdam were cancelled due to adverse continental weather.
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