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Dublin City Council has redeployed 500 staff to help remove ice and snow from areas of high pedestrian use as stocks of salt for gritting roads reach critical levels.

The council confirmed earlier it had less than one day’s supply left and that all available salt and grit would be used on the city's roads and not on footpaths or in areas of high pedestrian traffic.