A Status Yellow Snow And Ice Warning Is In Place For 18 Counties

Conditions will also be wintry across Cork today

It covers all of Connacht, Donegal, Monaghan, Cavan, and all Leinster counties - except Wexford and Kilkenny - and is in place until 6 this evening.

The Coast Guard is warning people to stay away from the water as wet and windy conditions are expected. 

A swimmer was rescued at Sandycove in Dublin yesterday morning, while a windsurfer was rescued off Garrylucas Strand in west Cork. 

Irish Coast Guard spokesman Ger O'Flynn says conditions are treacherous: 

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