Teenagers having fun on sleds and bodyboards in the snow at Lissycasey, Co Clare on Thursday. Photograph: Eamon Ward Heavy snowfall at a cottage in Slievethoul, Co. Dublin. Photograph: Brian Lawless A bus in a ditch between Ennis and Kilrush in Co Clare on Thursday morning. Photograph: Eamon Ward A child plays in the snow in a back garden in Belfast on Friday morning. Photograph: Lisa Payne People enjoy the snow at Stormont estate in Belfast on Friday. Photograph: David Young/PA A robin redbreast in the Dublin mountains following heavy snow fall. Photograph: Brian Lawless Holy Trinity Anglican Church after heavy snow fall in Stradbally Co Laois. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Milana Lauranovic (two and a half years old) from Portlaoise enjoys a walk in the snow in the Slieve Bloom Mountains in Co Laois. Photograph: Laura Hutton/The Irish Times Horses and riders experience a whiteout as they exercise on the snow-covered Curragh Plains in Co Kildare on Friday. Photograph: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie A lone cyclist on the snow covered Currgagh Plains in Co Kildare on Friday. Photograph: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie Snow falling on the Old Windmill in Dublin last night. Photograph: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie Ciara McMahon makes her way through heavy snow on Thursday morning in Emo, Co Laois. Photograph: Laura Hutton/The Irish Times Three year old Dominic Manta, from Clondalkin, pulls his sleigh in the Dublin mountains following heavy snow fall on Thursday. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Cattle in a field in Belclare Tuam on Thursday morning after a heavy fall of snow. Photograph: Andy Newman Teenagers having fun on sleds and bodyboards in the snow at Lissycasey, Co Clare on Thursday. Photograph: Eamon Ward An 'Out of Service' bus stuck in a ditch on the main Ennis to Kirush road the N68. Photograph: Press 22 Footage taken across Ireland shows snow blanketing the country. Video: As credited A general view of the Rock of Dunamaise ruins after heavy snow fall in Stradbally Co Laois on Thursday. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
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