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There are fears the so-called 'Beast from the East' could make a return to Ireland for St Patrick's Day.

TV3 weatherman Deric Ó hArtagáin took to Twitter on Sunday to share his long-range forecast.

He shared a weather map alongside the caption: So ...no need for alarm just yet but something is stirring for next weekend.

"Could #BeastFromTheEast could be making a come back?! Early tracking models for next Sunday 18th.

"Nothing confirmed. Will be keeping a close eye!!"

While Met Eireann have yet to share their forecast for March 17, they wrote on their website: "Signs are for colder weather next weekend."

A more detailed forecast is likely to be posted in the coming days.

A Met Eireann forecaster was unable to rule it out when they told The Sun: “I wouldn’t want to put any bets on it. With the high pressure over Scandinavia it could, literally, go either way.”

The added: “The weekend is actually quite uncertain. What we have is several low pressure systems in the mid-Atlantic at the moment.

“For Wednesday and Thursday it will become very windy, it will be a very wet day on Wednesday.

“On Thursday this low pressure system is going to stay in situ for another day or three and that is basically what we can say.

“However, there is a high pressure system over Scandinavia, so it is a battle between them – basically Ireland is sitting on the fence between the low pressure and high pressure."