Northern Ireland cold snap to continue into Saturday
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Frosty conditions are continuing in Northern Ireland, with temperatures having dipped close to -10C on Friday.
The bitter cold is due to remain until Saturday, posing a risk to sports fixtures, park runs and other events.
All three of Friday's Irish Premiership matches and one of three scheduled for Saturday have been called off due to frozen pitches.
Ulster Rugby said they would decide on Friday whether their game against La Rochelle on Saturday could go ahead.
Ulster have been working to make sure their frost-hit Kingspan Stadium pitch is ready for the Champions Cup clash against their French opponents.
The Mourne mountains in County Down have a dusting of snow on their summits
Other sporting events throughout the country have been cancelled, including park runs that had been scheduled for Saturday.
Northern Ireland shivered through its coldest night of the year so far on Wednesday, with -10C recorded at Castlederg, County Tyrone - the lowest temperature recorded anywhere on the island this year.
The town also holds the record for Northern Ireland's lowest-recorded temperature of -18.7C.
That all-time low was recorded during the big freeze back in the winter of 2010.
People crossing the Peace Bridge in Londonderry were well wrapped up
In the Republic of Ireland a Status Orange warning - the second highest alert - is in place across much of the country until midday on Friday.
The first Status Orange warning issued in the Republic came into force at 18:00 on Wednesday and lasted until 12:00 on Thursday. The second warning remains in place.
Warm welcomes
Many of Northern Ireland's councils have set up dedicated web pages providing information on their services and those run by different organisations in the boroughs.
They serve as a directory of timetables and contact details on a range of cost-of-living issues, such as food banks, warm spaces and financial support.
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- Published14 December 2022
