If there ever was any doubt of winter’s coming, then Wednesday’s snowfall across half of Ireland put that to rest. I never got to see how the early flurry affected towns and cities or even the south western coast. We got our own personal show rendering us snowbound and going nowhere.

Soon the images started to appear, from the icing topping of the Cliffs of Moher to country towns rendered silent white. For some of us lucky (or not so lucky) to be able to work remotely it was pretty much business as usual. Even so, I still managed to sneak out for a little white winter bliss.