Mullingar second coldest in the country last night

Met Éireann have revealed the coldest areas in the country last night, Wednesday, with Mullingar coming in second place at -4.8 degrees.

Dublin Airport was in first position, recordning a temperature of -5.8 degrees.

In third place was Mount Dillon at -4.0 C.

Met Éireann is predicting that it will remain very cold this evening and overnight with further wintry falls, mainly in the south and east, with some snow accumulations on lower levels as well.

There will be frost and ice too, resulting in slippery surfaces.

Lowest temperatures are expected to reach as low as -6 degrees tonight, Thursday.

Friday will remain "raw", while the night will be dry and clear but with well scattered wintry showers occuring  too.

"Extremely cold with a widespread severe frost and ice, in a light northwest breeze. Lowest temperatures -2 to - 5 degrees Celsius, but even colder over lying snow," said the Irish Meteorological service.