Snow and ice alert in effect for coming days
Snow and sleet is forecast around the country for the next few days.
Met Éireann has issued a yellow snow and ice warning, which is in place until Wednesday afternoon.
Areas in the west and north are expected to get the heaviest snowfalls.
Snowfall is expected as a cold airmass passes over the country from Canada.
Meanwhile, snowfall in Dublin and nearby counties on the first day of meteorological spring has prompted a slew of frost-dappled snaps on social media.
It is a day for staying in curled up with a book #snow #book pic.twitter.com/b3CTlgaLpW
— Dublin Bookworm (@dublin_bookworm) March 1, 2015
Let it snow, let it snow @DublinLife @PhotosOfDublin #snowday #Dublin #Ireland #cold @dublinstreet @NiallOfficial pic.twitter.com/vYSXCeYmMA
— Ricardo Vieira (@Ricarcin84) March 1, 2015
