In the midst of Ireland's ongoing Arctic snap, one Cork teacher has been busy building a 23ft-tall snowman. The country has seen a raft of weather warnings and thousands have been left without power.

“The quality of the snow changes instantly the moment you bring it out,” chuckles van Munster. “And the snowman can’t be a little one—it has to be five-, six-foot-high snowman with eyes ...

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In the midst of Ireland's ongoing Arctic snap, one Cork teacher has been busy building a 23ft tall snowman. The country has seen a raft of weather warnings and thousands have been left without power.