He's made a special visit to some school children.
Santa is ditching his reindeer and arriving in the midlands by helicopter this morning...
The man in red landed at Scoil Phádraig in Portarlington to meet the students and see the new school, which opened earlier this year.

Assistant principal, Mary Davis, says they've been in touch with him this morning and he's on schedule, despite the fog:

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