A Status Yellow Snow Ice warning for all counties of Connacht including Galway has been extended with temperatures set to barely rise above zero today.
The warning, due to be lifted at 11am this morning, has now been extended to 11am tomorrow.
A low of minus 6 point 8 degrees was recorded overnight, and snow has fallen in parts of the north-west.
The alert also includes Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth while a status yellow low temperature-ice warning will kick in for the rest of the country at 5 o'clock this evening.
