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There are more cold days ahead, but Met Éireann has milder temperatures will arrive by the end of this week.
It will be another cold start this morning with patches of frost and ice, which will be slow to clear. It will be a bright day with sunshine, though there will be showers in Munster, Connacht and north Ulster.
Those showers will be a mix of rain, sleet and hail and there could be some snow over higher ground. Highest temperatures will be between 3 and 7C.
It will be another chilly night as temperatures fall to lows of -2 and 3C, coldest in Ulster counties. Frost and ice patches will develop again, and scattered showers will continue in the north and west.
Saturday will bring another cold start ahead of a dry, bright day, though there will be some showers in the northwest. In the evening, western areas will see some rain and drizzle, with highs of 4 to 8C.
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7-Day Weather Forecast: January 5th to 11th
Temperatures will drop to between 0 and 2C in the north and east, but it will turn milder as rain spreads to those areas, bringing temperatures up to between 3 and 7C.
Towards the end of the week and into the early part of next week, Met Éireann said there will be wet and windy conditions along with higher temperatures.
Sunday will be much milder than recent days, and it will be windy with widespread rain, turning heavy at times with a chance of some hail. Highest temperatures range from 8 to 12C.
A mix of sunshine and showers is forecast for Monday, with longer spells of rain at times and highest temperatures of 8 to 11C.
There is still some uncertainty in the forecast behind that, but Met Éireann said a wet start is likely on Tuesday with widespread rain, though that will later clear to bring a mix of bright spells and showers.