The weather in Galway will remain very cold this evening and overnight, with severe frost and icy stretches into Thursday afternoon.
A status yellow Low Temperature/Ice weather warning has been issued for all of Ireland by Met Eireann this evening.
The weather warning will be in place from 6pm on Wednesday until midday on Thursday.
Temperatures in Galway are expected to drop as low as -5 degrees overnight in some places, with the worst of the cold coming on Thursday morning.
Things won’t be quite as bad in coastal areas, with lowest temperatures of -3 degrees on the Connemara coast.
Mostly dry with clear spells and patches of fog and freezing fog and some wintry showers according to Met Eireann.
The weather will create hazardous travelling conditions from ice and frost, as well as pose welfare issues for animals and vulnerable people.