STORM TRACKER: Follow 'Storm Amy' as it bears down on Ireland amid brutal forecast
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06 Sept 2025
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06 Sept 2025
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The bread shelves in Lidl in Loughboy this Friday
A forecast of snow and possible temperatures of -8ºC in the coming days has sparked a bread and milk-buying frenzy in Kilkenny.
Shoppers are reporting bread and milk shortages in stores across the city and county.
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The scenes prompted lots of chatter among customers with some reaching for their phones to take a photo to send to friends or post on their social media accounts.
The scenes are somewhat reminiscent of 2018 when the infamous Beast from the East struck and panicked shoppers cleared shelves of essentials like bread and milk and the most essential of all.. loo paper!
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