Cast your mind back to four years ago.

Thermometers were stubbornly refusing to rise above zero; stocks of salt were rapidly depleting; and the country was generally coming to a standstill as it failed to cope with ice and snow which would continue well into January.

The Irish Air Corps' Facebook page has kindly released some aerial photos of this difficult period in our nation's history as a reminder, just in case we face anything similar in the coming months.