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The Cork County Local Coordination Group convened this afternoon ahead of a Met Éireann Status Orange Low Temperature/Ice warning which comes into effect this evening.

Cork County Council’s Severe Weather Assessment Team convened this morning as a Status Orange Low Temperature/Ice warning remains in effect for Cork. 

The Council is urging all road users to take extreme care if they must travel over the coming days. Conditions remain extremely challenging on many routes in north-west and north Cork where lying snow continues to be an issue.  

Due to adverse weather, our Area Offices in Kanturk, Newmarket, Charleville, Millstreet and Dunmanway will be closed on Wednesday the 8th of January. Kinsale MD Office will also be closed.

Our offices at Annabella in Mallow will open at the later time of 10:00am.

Cork County Council’s Crisis Management team convened this evening as weather and road conditions in the county are expected to deteriorate further overnight. The Council is appealing to people to avoid unnecessary journeys and is urging all road users to take extreme care if they must travel.

Cork County Council’s Severe Weather Assessment team convened this afternoon as severe weather continues to cause dangerous road conditions across the county. 

Met Éireann has issued a series of Status Orange Low Temperature/Ice warnings for Cork from 8.00pm tonight until 10.00am tomorrow morning and from 6.00pm tomorrow (Wednesday) until 11.00am on Thursday morning. 

Cork County Council is advising people to avoid any unnecessary journeys due to widespread ice and dangerous road conditions across the county. 

The Council’s salters and ploughs were operating throughout the night. However, there are reports of hazardous conditions on roads that were recently treated. 

Cork County Council’s Crisis Management Team convened again this evening as Status Yellow Snow-Ice warnings remain in place for the county until midday tomorrow (Tuesday, January 7th 2025). 

Met Éireann is forecasting wintry showers with further accumulations of snow possibly leading to hazardous travelling conditions overnight and tomorrow morning. 

Cork County Council’s Crisis Management Team convened again this afternoon to assess road and weather conditions and to plan for the extended cold snap.

A Met Éireann Status Yellow Snow-Ice warning is now in effect in Cork until midday tomorrow. 

Cork County Council’s Crisis Management Team convened this morning to assess road and weather conditions overnight. 

A Status Yellow Low Temperature/Ice warning remains in place throughout this week until 12.00 midday on Thursday, the 9th of January. 

Cork County Council is urging all road users to avoid any unnecessary journeys tonight as road conditions continue to deteriorate across the county. 

Status Orange Snow/Ice warnings remain in place until 8.00pm this evening which will be followed by Status Yellow Snow/Ice warnings until midnight. Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow Low Temperature/Ice warning which extends all the way through the coming week until midday Thursday 9th January 2025.