Schools are back this morning, but temperatures are staying around 2ºC (feels like -3ºC) which would be manageable except it rained around 4am this morning. Local roads are lethal, with vehicles already skidding and crashing.
A double-decker bus skidded on black ice at one end of the village and blocked the road completely.
Twenty minutes later, two delivery trucks jackknifed after coming down the hill coming from the opposite side of the village.
I live on a hill, and watched cars come down it very, very slowly. Thankfully, no incidents there yet.
Pictures come from the Blarney Blog on Facebook.
Extra bits:
Damien Boylan was on RTÉ Radio 1 talking about the freeze with Claire Byrne.
Barry Hoare is internet famous for capturing a video of the bus crashing just outside his garage. Part of his wall was demolished by the bus!
PS. I forgot to say, happy birthday Matt!
