10/12/2017. Heavy Snowfall Hits Midlands. The Rock of Dunamase (Dunmaise), County Laois, stands looks out over a white covered countryside as the midlands and the west bore the heavy brunt of the overnight snowfall which generated an orange weather alert. More bad weather is forecast tonght with freezing conditions expected to make conditions dangerous for traffic. Photo: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie