Motorists are being advised to take extra care due to frost and ice on roads around the country.

There were reports of ice, frost and snow this morning, with difficult driving conditions in parts of Leinster, Connacht and Ulster.

Temperatures dropped to -3C in some areas overnight.

Roads in Wicklow town, Cavan town and Ballinasloe in County Galway are particularly bad.

In Wicklow drivers have been told to avoid Sally Gap due to ice.

Four people have died in crashes on the country’s roads this weekend. Three people died in two separate crashes in Co Donegal. A man was killed in a single vehicle collision in Co Laois.

Elsewhere, a man died after his tractor crashed in County Down.

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