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16th Jan 2018

Tá se ag cur sneachta! The best reactions to today’s weather

Are you a fan of the snow?

Anna O'Rourke

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Irish Twitter really comes into its own in the face of inclement weather.

Weather warnings, flash flooding, a cheeky heatwave, a bit of wind – there’s nothing we as a nation we love talking about more than the weather so it only makes sense that we lose our sh*t a small bit over something other than grey skies and hazy drizzle.

Snow fell in parts of the country today and #sneachta promptly trended across Ireland for a time this afternoon as we all gazed out our windows with Seamus Heaney-levels of childlike wonder.

 

Some people were buzzing about the whole thing.

 

Others weren’t so keen.

 

And some were just not here for the hashtag at all at all.

Spoilsport.

It doesn’t look like the weather will ease up any time soon either – Met Éireann has issued a number of weather warnings for various counties as conditions are expected to worsen across the country.

A Status Orange wind warning is in place for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork and Kerry, while there’s a Status Yellow wind warning for Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan, Roscommon, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.

A nationwide snow-ice warning has also been issued as we can expect up to 3cm of snow tonight.