Ireland weather: Status orange warning comes into effect as Met Éireann warns further snow possible this week

Taoiseach warns extreme cold could be ‘dangerous to life’ with temperatures set to fall to -8 degrees in places

Weather: A truck makes its way along the snow covered back of Errigal mountain road from Dunlewey to Letterkenny in Co Donegal. Photograph: Declan Doherty
Weather: A truck makes its way along the snow covered back of Errigal mountain road from Dunlewey to Letterkenny in Co Donegal. Photograph: Declan Doherty