Lots of snow around Ireland today, even here in Dublin, and it’s well below freezing right now (-6 degrees according to the thermometer).  I was up very, very early driving back from the airport and happed to be going past the Aviva stadium.  Photos below of a few of the main approach routes for the crowd – Bath Avenue, Shelbourne Road and Lansdowne Road itself.

Since the weather forecast is for freezing conditions for the rest of the day, it occurred to me that there’s a bit of work to be done to make sure that people will be able to access the ground safely…

Bath Avenue Bridge: (link to high res)

Bath Avenue Entrance: (link to high res)

Havelock Square: (link to high res)

Shelbourne Road: (link to high res)

Lansdowne Road Entrance: (link to high res)

Entrance to Lansdowne Road DART Station: (link to high res)

Train Tracks at Lansdowne Road Station. : (link to high res)

Looks like they’ll need the gritters, salt and hairdryers out, but let’s hope they do a good job.  Looking forward to wrapping up warm for a good hard game of rugby against the Argies!

(edited 10:35am to add links to high res pics)

(UPDATE 12pm: THE MATCH IS DEFINITELY ON!)