WICKLOW’s Munny Farm went viral last week when owner Belinda Carpenter posted an ingenious method of preventing water troughs from icing over. The videos on Facebook and Instagram have both amassed over one million views each.

On Monday, January 6th, when the big snow and ice descended on the country, Belinda decided to try the clever trick she had seen online. Taking several plastic bottles, and filling them with lots of salt and warm water, leaving a little bit of air at the top, Belinda placed the concoction in her water troughs to stop ice from forming.