A number of flights were cancelled from Ireland West Airport at Knock today as heavy snowfall blanketed parts of the west of the country.
Three flights scheduled to travel to the UK were cancelled this afternoon while three other flights due to arrive at the airport were diverted to Dublin.
Footage posted on social media shows a thick covering of snow at the airport as crews work to clear the runway.
Mayo, Donegal, Sligo and Galway were hit by snow showers this afternoon.
Meanwhile, Met Éireann has a weather advisory in place for the country.
The warning, which will remain in place until 3pm tomorrow, says that hail, sleet and snow showers will affect certain areas resulting in icy stretches on roads and paths.
The current situation at the airport as heavy snow has impacted our flight schedule this afternoon. Our operations team are working to clear the runway but current conditions and continued heavy snowfall are challenging #snowfall pic.twitter.com/y7TrhyGCIx
— Ireland West Airport (@Irelandwest) January 27, 2020
The forecaster said that snow showers will be most frequent in Ulster and Connacht and especially so on high ground.
The showers will be widespread early tonight with the continued risk of hail and thunder.
These will become isolated in eastern counties later in the night but further wintry falls are expected across the western half of the country.
It will be cold and frosty with a risk of ice and some lying snow, with minimum temperatures of minus two to two degrees.
Met Éireann says that tomorrow will start cold and frosty with icy stretches on untreated surfaces and some lying snow.
There will be a mix of sunshine and scattered wintry showers, with the showers frequent over the western half of the country with a risk of hail and thunder there.
