A 'significant snow event' could take place next week, similar to the Beast from the East, according to Met Eireann.
Temperatures are set to drop this weekend, but a Siberian front will move in from Wednesday bringing potentially heavy snowfall.
Storm Emma in February 2018 ground the country to a halt with heavy downpours of snow and a red weather warning.
Met Eireann says a similar event is possible next week with a Siberian front moving in from the east on Wednesday.
Forecaster Siobhan Ryan says temperatures will get "progressively colder" over the next few days.
"There's not too much snow [predicted] over the weekend but temperatures will fall back."
Siobhan expects frost and ice to form over the next few nights.
Temperatures will drop to the low single figures this weekend but it will stay mainly dry.
However on Wednesday, cold easterly winds will move in and will meet a low pressure front, potentially bringing heavy snow similar to what we saw in 2018.
Alan O'Reilly from Carlow weather explains says that low pressure systems meeting cold air will cause snow.
It's similar to Storm Emma in 2018 where you'll have this continual snow falling.
It's expected that east Leinster will face the brunt of the bad weather next week with the South also possibly affected
