Navigating an icy morning in Northern Ireland after weather warning fulfilled

The forecaster had said that plummeting temperatures would bring a risk of ice last night, especially in the west and north.

The warning ended at 10am this morning.

The Department for Infrastructure salted roads on the scheduled network last night from around 6pm and advised road users to exercise caution when travelling, particularly when driving on untreated roads.

QUB Accommodation warned its Belfast students to be wary of icy conditions as well as pointing out there used to be a skating rink on campus in 1894.

Our archive photo from January 1981 was taken on a morning more than 40 years when now and ice played havoc with driving conditions across Northern Ireland.

The driver of the Cortina escaped serious injury when his car landed on the top of the central reservation barriers on the Sydenham bypass.

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