Multiple weather warnings are in place as Storm Eunice is set to bring widespread disruptions to Ireland.
A Status Red wind warning is in place for Cork, Kerry, Clare, and Waterford as damaging gusts of up to 130km/h will batter the country.
Additionally, an orange wind alert is in place for Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Wexford, Wicklow, Munster, and Galway until 11am this morning.
An orange snow warning is also valid until 3pm today for Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo, and Roscommon warning of heavy sleet and snow leading to blizzard-like conditions.
Additionally a Status Yellow wind, rain, and snow warning is in place for the whole of Ireland until 3pm.
Today will be windy and stormy all over Ireland with severe gusts lashing the country.
There will be further falls of rain, sleet and snow with blizzard-like conditions for a time in parts of the north and northwest.
Met Eireann is also warning of travel disruptions in parts of the country.
Afternoon temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees expected.
Tonight will see clear spells and wintry showers at first but rain will spread eastwards across the country, falling as sleet or snow in some areas.
It will be a cold night with the mercury falling to as low as -2 degrees.
Here is the forecast for the rest of the weekend:
Saturday
"Saturday will start off wet with falls of rain, sleet and snow during the morning and clearing to showers as milder air extends from the west by afternoon, but a further band of rain will extend from the Atlantic through the evening.
"Afternoon temperatures will recover to highs of 5 to 10 degrees as fresh and gusty westerly winds veer westerly.
Saturday night
"Temperatures will fall in the northeast early in the evening with lows of 2 to 5 degrees, increasing overnight however with temperatures generally around 8 to 11 degrees after midnight, while patchy outbreaks of rain extend across the country in fresh to strong westerly winds.
Sunday
"Sunday morning will be wet and blustery with widespread rain and localised flooding. The rain will clear to sunny spells and showers by the afternoon, some of hail or sleet.
"Early afternoon temperatures of 7 to 13 degrees, but much cooler air will extend from the northwest through the afternoon and some showers will turn to sleet over higher ground once again in fresh to strong and gusty westerly winds.
"Sunday night will be remain very windy with fresh to strong and gusty westerly winds and blustery showers, wintry at times in the north and west. Showers will become isolated in the south and east towards morning. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 5 degrees."
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