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1st March 2018
06:55pm GMT

"Jim Peters, who lives in Looe, was at the scene shortly after and said the car involved appeared to have lost control in the snow and ice," says the BBC.
A total of ten people have died in the UK to date during the recent arrivals of Beast From The East and Storm Emma.
Also on Thursday, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the risk to life presented by the severe weather conditions should not be underestimated.
Mr Varadkar was at a briefing at the National Emergency Coordination Centre and furthermore urged people to stay indoors until the red alert is lifted.
Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Cavan, Monaghan, and Donegal are all high alert until 6am on Friday.
Meanwhile, all of Munster and Leinster continues to be under the same emergency status until noon on Friday.
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Transport services including Irish Rail, Bus Eireann and Luas have been cancelled for all of Friday and all Aer Lingus flights have been cancelled until Saturday.
Met Eireann says that blizzard-like conditions will develop in the southeast and south on Thursday evening and gradually extend northwards.
Southern and eastern coastal counties will be worst affected.Explore more on these topics: