Ice, ice, baby.

Met Éireann has issued a status yellow snow and ice warning as Ireland is set to be buffeted by a whole range of bad weather over the course of today and tomorrow.

According to the warning, Cork will face not just snow, ice and sleet, but thunderstorms too.

The warning reads: “Scattered showers of hail, sleet and snow, and icy stretches, Thursday evening, Thursday night and Friday morning, will lead to hazardous travelling conditions in some parts. Showers will be most widespread in the west and north of the country where some accumulations are likely. Isolated thunderstorms will occur also.”

The nationwide warning will come into effect at 4pm today (January 6th) and will remain in place until 11am tomorrow morning.

Already in effect is a marine warning, as gale force winds are expected off all Irish coasts until midday on Friday.

The marine warning reads: “Southerly winds will reach gale force 8 or strong gale force 9 this morning (Thursday) on all Irish Coastal Waters and on the Irish Sea.

“Winds veering westerly today and continuing to reach gale force 8 at times and reaching strong gale force 9 for a time early on Friday in the southwest. Gales becoming confined to western and southern sea areas during Friday.”