Dublin City Council said it is querying the “timelines” of weather warnings after the capital experienced “exceptionally heavy rainfall” overnight. Wicklow and Dublin were hit with intense rainfall during the night and a number of areas woke to major flooding. Met Éireann said the rain was more intense than forecast earlier on Thursday. It said … Read more
Main points A status yellow rain warning is in effect for Wexford, Wicklow, Waterford, Carlow, Dublin and Kilkenny until midnight on Thursday. A new yellow rain warning has also been issued by Met Éireann for Friday, affecting Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Louth, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow from 9am. A yellow rain warning has also been issued … Read more
Storm Chandra is forecast to bring gusts of up to 112km/h to parts of the island of Ireland this week. Met Éireann has issued a yellow-level warning for rain in counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, and Waterford between midnight and 11pm on Tuesday. There is also a yellow-level warning for wind for the entire … Read more
The record temperature for April in Ireland was recorded on Wednesday, according to provisional Met Éireann data. A very warm day across the State saw the previous April record of 25.8 degrees broken in Athenry, Co Galway, where a temperature of 25.9 was recorded in the provisional data. The previous record was set in Glenties, … Read more
A wet and windy Easter weekend is in store, with Met Éireann extending rain warnings to more counties beginning on Good Friday The downpours begin with a yellow rain warning in place from Thursday night at 11pm in Cork and Kerry, lasting until noon. Yellow alerts are also in place in Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Louth, … Read more