Public warned to 'exercise caution' with temperatures to plummet

A status yellow low temperature and ice warning has been issued for Mayo by Met Eireann.

The warning is in place overnight on Tuesday, starting at 8pm until 10am on Wednesday. The warning will come back into place overnight on Wednesday from 8pm until 10am on Thursday.

Met Eireann have warned it will be very cold with frost and icy stretches with hazardous conditions on roads and paths. They have asked that people please exercise caution.

The status yellow warning comes as part of an overall advisory from Met about a transition to significantly colder conditions this week, with the first cold snap of the winter season setting in over the coming days.

In addition to hazardous travelling conditions, they said other potential impacts include poor visibility in wintry showers, travel disruption and animal welfare issues.