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Met Eireann have issued a status yellow weather warning for Dublin with snow forecast for the capital in coming days.

Dublin is expected to be hit with the wintry showers from 6am on Tuesday until Wednesday at 3am.

Icy conditions are also expected as temperatures dip towards freezing on Monday night.=

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The snow-ice warning is valid for Dublin, Meath, Wicklow, Kildare, Louth, Laois, Westmeath, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Longford, Offaly, and Connacht.

A Met Eireann forecaster said: "On Tuesday there will be widespread heavy wintry showers with the risk of hail and thunder.

"Accumulations of snow may occur, especially in the northern half of the country and over higher ground.

"It will be very windy as well with strong to gale force and gusty westerly winds.

"It will feel bitterly cold as temperatures will be only zero to 4 degrees. Seas along the Atlantic seaboard will remain very high."

The outlook for the week is also extremely cold.

The forecaster added: "A strong westerly air-flow will cover Ireland this week with a cold, polar maritime air-mass bringing lots of showers, many of which will be wintry.

"Seas along Atlantic coasts will be very high.

"It will be windy throughout the week but there is the potential for a period of very strong winds on Wednesday night and for a time on Thursday, at present northern and northwestern counties look most at risk."