Met Eireann has issued a status yellow wind warning for the entire country today.
The advisory begins at 11am this morning and will be in place until 6am on Saturday morning.
The forecaster says on their website: "Strong northerly winds today will gust up to 100km/h with a slight risk of coastal flooding."
This comes on a day where snow has already been falling in many parts of the country with freezing conditions forecast all weekend.
The national forecaster said: "Widespread frost this morning and icy stretches on untreated surfaces. Dry in the east with sunny spells, frequent showers affect the western half of the country.
"More persistent rain will extend southwards across the country in the afternoon, turning heavy at times and wintry over high ground. Becoming increasingly windy, with strong and gusty northerly winds, afternoon temperatures of 3 to 5 degrees will rise to between 5 and 8 later this evening.
"This evening and tonight will be windy, with outbreaks of showery rain, clearer conditions, with scattered showers, will extend gradually from the east. Overnight temperatures of 4 to 6 degrees in fresh to strong northerly winds, easing in most parts by morning.
"A drier day on Saturday for most places, with improving sunshine, it'll stay rather cloudy along Atlantic counties and in east Leinster with showery rain continuing there for a time.
"Afternoon temperatures 5 to 7 degrees, in mostly moderate north to northeast winds, strong for a time on western and southern coasts, then slackening later."
