The Coast Guard, RNLI and Water Safety Ireland have issued a joint water safety appeal urging people to be careful when around water as the cold snap continues.
The current freezing conditions means that many of Ireland's canals, lakes, ponds and flooded areas may be coated in ice. But while the thickness of the ice can vary, it is dangerous to walk on and people are warned to stay off the ice.
It comes as Dublin Fire Brigade issued a grim warning to the public after three boys died in a horror lake accident in the UK. The boys, aged 11, ten and eight, were rushed to hospital after a group fell through a frozen lake in the town of Solihull, near Birmingham last night and a fourth boy, aged six, remains in a critical condition in hospital.
