The attempted hold-up began as one of the bar staff was pulling down the shutters of the pub at closing time, around midnight. The brave customers, all believed to be in their 30s, have been regulars in the pub on and off for the last few months. "It just seemed to be the wrong night for your man." And we've told them already that they'll be looked after. "Obviously we didn't know at the time that the gun was imitation. One of the pub managers, Jason Doyle, said: "We couldn't have been more thankful for them. The would-be robber was jumped by regulars in the Speaker Connolly in the Firhouse area of Dublin after threatening two members of staff and about a dozen drinkers around closing time on New Year's Night. If I was picking my Christmas county it would probably be Donegal or Wicklow.An armed and masked raider was tackled to the ground by three customers after trying to hold up a pub. "Dublin itself may be tricky, so Kildare, or Wicklow. Weather expert Alan O'Reilly, of Carlow Weather, weighed in on the figures and said: "Generally if you are asking me if somebody was looking to take a bet on which county for a white Christmas you'd be looking at Eastern counties or Northern counties so Donegal or somewhere around Dublin. However, it's bad news for the likes of Waterford and Kerry who were tied for last place with a likelihood of 0%. They were followed by Fermanagh at 50% and Clare, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Roscommon, and Wexford all making the top ten at 42.85%. Researchers used and Met Eireann to gather extensive data on weather conditions for each county over the past ten years to work out which counties were most likely to see snow.Īccording to the stats, Donegal and Tyrone are tied for the top spot - both coming out with a likelihood of 60% - while Westmeath came in third with 57.14%. While many remain hopeful for the arrival of snow, Legacy Communications took fate into its own hands and gathered over ten years' worth of data to determine which county is most likely to see it on Christmas Day. New weather data has predicted which counties could be in for a white Christmas this year. Is Ireland going to get a white Christmas? Freezing fog likely at times, especially this weekendįor the latest weather updates follow our live blog below. Some showers of hail, sleet, and snow will occur, mainly in coastal counties. Met Eireann have also warned that the cold snap will continue into early next week due to an Arctic airmass, bringing sharp to severe frosts, and ice or black ice on roads and footpaths. READ MORE: Safe driving tips for snowy and icy roads as cold snap hits Dublin Temperatures are expected to dip to -4C tonight in parts of Ireland. The warning will come into effect tonight at 9pm and end at 6am Friday morning.ĭonegal has also received a snow and ice warning, while the rest of the country has a Status Yellow low temperature/ice warning. This will lead to hazardous driving conditions". The national forecaster warned that "wintry showers likely with snow in places, especially on high ground. Met Eireann issued a Status Yellow ice warning for Dublin and Wicklow earlier. Snow has started to fall in different parts of Dublin following a weather warning.
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