Motorists are being warned to take extra care on the roads this morning, after sub-zero temperatures returned to the West overnight.

Temperatures  dropped to minus 3 degrees in places, leading to frost and icy stretches.

A status yellow low temperature warning from Met Eireann remains in place until 10 o'clock this morning.

A dry day with sunny spells is forecast, once the frost and any mist and fog clear this morning.