Temperatures drop to minus seven as motorists urged to drive with ‘extreme caution’

Here is the latest as the cold weather continues across the country:

• Temperatures dropped to as low as 7.5 degress overnight.
• Situation should be over within “next 24 to 48 hours
• Orange warning in place until 11am.
• Thousands of people remain without water.

The national director for Fire and Emergency Management, Keith Leonard has said that the current severe weather situation should be over within “the next 24 to 48 hours.”

The focus for the emergency team is to “keep the country moving” and ensuring that roads are clear and that public transport is operating, he told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland.

A number of areas still remain without power and water, he acknowledged and the priority is returning such services, “but there is light at the end of the tunnel with conditions improving tomorrow.

“We’re hoping that the power issues will be pretty much resolved, I think, in the next 24 hours. Water, I understand, might take a little bit longer, but by the weekend we…

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