Galway is one of the 13 counties included in the latest Status Orange warning which comes into effect at 7 this evening, and will be in operation until 8 tomorrow morning.
The other counties are Roscommon, Longford, Westmeath, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Meath, Offaly, Cavan, Monaghan, Tipperary.
In addition Galway motorists and pedestrians are urged to continue to exercise caution as Gardaí say despite the increasing brightness and sunshine black ice is still a major problem on roads and footpaths
Temperatures dipped to minus 8 degrees overnight as a status orange low temperature and ice warning remains in place for most of the country, including Galway.
A low of minus 7.1 degrees was recorded at the Athenry weather station, with another bitterly cold day in store.
The weather station at Limerick Junction recorded the lowest temperature so far of minus 8 degrees.
It’s hoped the cold snap will finally be over by the weekend.
