Ireland Holds Emergency Planning Meeting as Country Braces for Snowstorms

Phoenix Park in Dublin, Jan 3.

Photographer: Brian Lawless/PA
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The government's Emergency Planning Team is holding a meeting as Ireland braces for a "multi-hazard weather event", which is due to hit the country later on Saturday.

Snow, ice, heavy rain and sleet are to sweep over the island of Ireland as temperatures continue to plummet.