The cold spell is showing no signs of releasing its grip on Ireland with the
lowest ever temperature of minus 19c recorded in Co Tyrone last night.
It was minus 6 when I set off this morning for a scary journey to work
on slippery roads. The National Roads Authority is running out of salt
and has instructed local councils to only salt the country's national
primary routes leaving thousands of miles of minor country roads
and streets untreated. A woman and her 9 year old son were killed on
Saturday when the car driven by her husband went out of control and
hit a wall. The council admitted that the road was untreated following
an announcement the previous day that salt supplies are to rationed and
priority given to national routes.
This crisis was one of the main issues discussed at this morning's
County Council meeting which I covered. These shining steel cubes,
engraved with the names of ships which sailed into Dundalk port,
stand outside the council offices.
I could have sworn I'd charged the battery for my D90 last night but
when I took the camera out to take this shot, the battery was dead.
So it was the iPhone to the rescue.