Met Eireann have issued a double weather warning this morning.
There is currently a Status Yellow fog warning in place for Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wicklow, Cavan, Monaghan, Leitrim and Roscommon.
It was issued at 5.31am and will remain in place until 11am.
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In an alert on their website, Met Eireann wrote: "Localised dense patches of fog making for difficult or dangerous driving conditions."
As well as this, there is currently an ice warning in place for Antrim, Tyrone and Derry until 10am this morning, with the forecaster writing: "Icy patches may cause difficult driving conditions early this morning."
The warnings come as temperatures have plummeted in recent days, with lows of minus 4 degrees expected later this week.
As for today, this morning will be cold and mainly dry with mist and some dense patches of fog in places. Frost and some icy patches in east Leinster and in Ulster. Mist, fog and frost will slowly clear and bright or sunny spells will develop. There'll be a few light showers near coasts. Highest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees
Tonight will be cold and mainly dry with clear spells and some patches of mist or fog. A few showers will develop in eastern counties over night, turning wintry on high ground. Frost and some icy patches also with lowest temperatures of -2 to +2 degrees.
Thursday will be cold, breezy and mainly dry with frost clearing and bright or sunny spells developing. There'll be a few showers in eastern areas. Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees. Thursday night will be cold and mainly dry with clear spells and with widespread frost and some icy patches. Some patches of mist and fog also. Scattered showers will affect western parts of Connacht and Ulster and also some areas along the east coast. Some of these may be wintry. Lowest temperatures of -4 to +1 degrees.
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