Met Éireann has issued a weather warning for 10 counties set to be hit by thunderstorms on Tuesday.
The status yellow warning covers counties Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Wicklow, Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and Galway.
The advisory will be in effect from 11am on Tuesday until 8pm, with the forecaster saying there could be spot flooding and lightning damage.
Met Éireann’s Gerry Murphy said cooler and wetter weather is on the way after a prolonged dry spell.
He said Tuesday would start off mainly dry but “through the morning showers will develop over much of the southern half of the country”. He said these would extend further north in the afternoon “and become…