A new warning has been issued for four northern counties ahead of another Status Orange warning coming into effect on Wednesday evening

Several areas across the country are already blanketed in snow - with more on the way. Met Eireann says the bitter cold is expected to persist through the rest of the working week. It has extended a nationwide Status Yellow low temperature and ice warning until midnight on Friday,

A fresh yellow warning for snow and ice has been issued for parts of Northern Ireland from Wednesday afternoon until Thursday morning. The warning is in place for counties Antrim, Londonderry, Fermanagh, and Tyrone from 16:00 GMT until 11:00 GMT.

Ireland is enduring a severe cold snap with temperatures as low as -8C, accompanied by widespread frost, ice and snow. However, a dramatic shift is expected within days, with temperatures set to swing by 18C.

Ireland is in the midst of a cold snap, with "significant accumulations" of snow expected to fall this weekend. The brutally bitter weather conditions are expected to last until the end of next week, prompting Met Eireann to issue a number of weather warnings this weekend.

A spokesperson for the PSNI said: "Please take extra care on the roads this morning especially on those which may not have been gritted. Clear your windscreen of ice before you set off and remember to slow down and increase the distance between you and the vehicle ahead."

The Met Office urges people to leave extra time to make required trips and plan routes carefully.

The Met Office has issued new weather warnings for parts of the UK, with yellow warnings for ice and snow in place until Friday morning. The two new warnings cover parts of Northern Ireland and Wales as well as areas in north-west England and the east of England - they come after an existing warning for snow and ice in parts of northern Scotland.

The torrid weather of the weekend has continued into this week with much of the UK seeing snow, sleet and ice. Four new yellow weather warnings for ice have been issued by the Met Office for today. These warnings are in place for Wales,

The Met Office has issued fresh weather warnings for ice after huge areas of the UK were hit by heavy snow. Parts of southern Scotland, the northeast, Yorkshire and East Anglia have been issued a yellow warning for ice that will run from 4pm Thursday to 10am on Friday.