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Met Éireann: "the frost will not break for another four days".

Met Éireann: "ní bhrisfidh an sioc go ceann ceithre lá eile".

Met Éireann has warned people to drive with extreme care this morning as much of the country's roads are icy.

Tá foláireamh tugtha ag Met Éireann do dhaoine tiomáint go fíorchúramach ar maidin agus cuid mhór de bhóithre na tíre faoi reothalach.

In addition to the frost, there is poor visibility in places due to heavy fog.

Chomh maith leis an sioc, tá drochléargas in áiteanna mar gheall ar cheo trom.

The temperature was as low as five degrees below freezing at times during the night, and seven degrees below, in fact, for a while in Athenry in east Galway.

Bhí an teocht chomh híseal le cúig chéim faoi bhun an reophointe in amanna i gcaitheamh na hoíche, agus seacht gcéim faoina bhun, go deimhin, ar feadh scaithimh i mBaile Átha an Rí in oirthear na Gaillimhe.

Met Éireann says the frost will not break and there will be no snow today.

Deir Met Éireann nach mbrisfidh an sioc agus nach mbeidh aon choscairt ann inniu.

In fact, the severe weather will last for at least another four days, they say.

Go deimhin, mairfidh an aimsir chrua go ceann ceithre lá eile ar a laghad, a deir siad.

There will be snow, hail and sleet in places - especially along the coast - between now and Friday, not to mention the existing frost.

Beidh sneachta, clocha sneachta agus flichshneachta in áiteanna - cois cósta go háirithe - idir seo agus an Aoine, gan trácht ar an sioc atá ann cheana féin.

It is necessary, say the meteorologists, to be aware of black ice on paths and roads, and there is a risk, they say, that water pipes will burst and that the cold will damage car engines.

Ní mór, a deir na meitéareolaithe, a bheith san airdeall ar dhubhoighear ar chosáin agus ar bhóithre, agus tá baol ann, a deir siad, go bpléascfaidh píobáin uisce agus go ndéanfaidh an fuacht dochar d'innill charranna.

The community is also being asked to keep an eye on the elderly and other people who rely on their neighbors in times like this.

Táthar ag iarraidh ar an bpobal freisin súil a choinneáil ar sheandaoine agus ar dhaoine eile a bhíonn ag brath ar ghar na gcomharsan in aimsir den sórt seo.

Fortunately, the local authorities have placed limestone on main roads but the emergency services believe that they will have to come to the aid of many drivers before the weather worsens.

Ar an dea-uair, tá greanchloch curtha ar phríomhbhóithre ag na húdaráis áitiúla ach creideann na seirbhísí éigeandála go mbeidh orthu teacht i gcabhair ar neart tiománaithe sula mbiseoidh an aimsir.

Speaking on RTÉ, Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien said that the Government is using all the State's resources to ensure that the schools remain open from now until the Christmas holidays and that public transport services are not disrupted.

Ag labhairt dó ar RTÉ, dúirt an tAire Tithíochta Darragh O'Brien go bhfuil leas á bhaint ag an Rialtas as acmhainní uile an Stáit lena chinntiú go bhfanfaidh na scoileanna ar oscailt as seo go saoire na Nollag agus nach gcuirfear as do sheirbhísí iompair phoiblí.

The National Emergency Coordination Group will meet today, and every day this week, to discuss the difficulties caused by the bad weather and to get ahead of some of them, if possible.

Tiocfaidh an Grúpa Náisiúnta Comhordaithe Éigeandálaí le chéile inniu, agus gach lá an tseachtain seo, lena bhfuil ann de dheacrachtaí de bharr na drochaimsire a phlé agus le teacht roimh chuid acu, más féidir.