LATEST: Snow Weather Warning for Kildare and Leinster

Met Eireann has issued a Yellow Weather Warning for Kildare and the rest of Leinster for this weekend.

Forecasters are predicting low-temperatures, snow-showers, snow-accumulation on mainly Saturday night and Sunday.

No measurements have been given for snow accumulation.

The Warning is valid for the next 60 hours as it was issued at 12 noon today and applies until late on Sunday night.

Also included in the Warning are the counties: Cavan, Monaghan and Waterford.

St Patrick's Day 

St Patrick's Day will be a cold and windy day that will continue to get colder through the afternoon with scattered showers progressively turning more wintry.

Temperatures will reach only 4 to 7 degrees.

Blustery easterly winds will add a significant wind chill throughout the afternoon.