Weather forecast
Tonight will be very cold and blustery with outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow.
The snow will occur mainly over high ground, but is also possible at lower levels, especially inland according to Met Éireann.
Feeling bitterly cold with minimum temperatures ranging from -2° to -6°C .
Widespread severe frost with extensive and hazardous icy patches.
Friday will also be very cold but brighter day. Frost and ice will be widespread during the morning and may linger in some inland areas through the day.
Most areas will be dry with sunny spells, but passing wintry showers may affect some northern and eastern coasts. Temperatures will sit between 2° to 5°C by afternoon.
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Weather forecast
Tonight will be very cold and blustery with outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow.
The snow will occur mainly over high ground, but is also possible at lower levels, especially inland according to Met Éireann.
Feeling bitterly cold with minimum temperatures ranging from -2° to -6°C .
Widespread severe frost with extensive and hazardous icy patches.
Friday will also be very cold but brighter day. Frost and ice will be widespread during the morning and may linger in some inland areas through the day.
Most areas will be dry with sunny spells, but passing wintry showers may affect some northern and eastern coasts. Temperatures will sit between 2° to 5°C by afternoon.
In the news
Prices paid by beef factories can differ by as much as €170/hd for the same animal, Irish Farmers Journal analysis shows.Farmers have fallen victim to online machinery scammers who cloned the identity of a UK company and set up a website, based in Moscow, called County Plant Equipment Sales.Limiting CAP direct payments over €60,000 would free up €10.5m to redistribute among farmers with lower payments according to Irish Farmers Journal analysis.Farm Relief Services’ (FRS) rates for farm labourers have increased as competition for workers becomes more intense.Infant formula giants Danone and Wyeth Infant Nutritionals are using loopholes in the Irish corporate law system to hide the profitability of their Irish operations, Irish Farmers Journal analysis reveals.Coming up tomorrow
The EU and Japan’s agreed free-trade agreement comes into effect.See what caught the Dealer’s eye this week with IFA elections on the horizon. 
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