Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow fog warning for 17 counties that is due to come into effect in the coming hours. The fresh warning comes just days after Storm Bert swept across the country leaving those in the south and west of the country dealing with heavy snow and rain,

MET Eireann have issued a major warning for 17 counties over fog and freezing fog for tonight and tomorrow morning. The weather alert will begin at 4pm today and remain in place until 6am on

The forecaster has issued a status yellow fog warning for 17 counties - all in the northern half of the country - as the latest storm of the season - Storm Conall - makes its way to the UK and parts of mainland Europe.

Storm Bert becomes the second storm of the season, bringing another change to the weather this weekend – much wetter and windier

A separate status yellow warning has been issued by the UK Met Office for Northern Ireland for the period from midnight until 11am on Saturday. “Storm Bert will bring a spell of rain, preceded by snow in places, on Friday night into Saturday which may cause some disruption,” it states.

Met Éireann have issued further weather warnings as Storm Bert continues to batter the country. A Status Red rain warning for Galway and Cork ceased on Saturday morning, however, all of the Republic of Ireland remains under a yellow warning. The forecaster has now issued further warnings from Sunday.

Met Éireann has delivered a detailed weather forecast for Ireland for the week ahead with Storm Bert weather warning and a weather advisory to end on Monday. A weather advisory for Storm Bert for the whole country will remain in place until midnight on Monday but Met Éireann has signalled a big change in our weather in the coming days.