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Lavitts Quay in Cork city yesterday evening Cork City Council

Rain warning for eight counties following 'significant' flooding in Wexford and part of Cork City

Met Éireann warned that high tides are expected to be very high along all coasts.

LAST UPDATE | 29 Oct 2023

A STATUS YELLOW rain warning has been issued for eight counties, following significant flooding across parts of Wexford as a result of heavy downpours yesterday.

Met Éireann issued the warning today for Counties Cavan, Galway, Leitrim, Longford, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, & Westmeath. The warning is in effect from now until 9pm tonight.

Impacts may include localised flooding, difficult driving conditions and poor visibility.

The warning comes following a warning that was in place for Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Wexford and Wicklow from 5pm yesterday and until 4am today. 

Another Status Yellow rain warning for Louth and Meath kicked in at 8pm yesterday and remained in place until 6am today. 

Wexford County Council said last night that there was “significant flooding” across parts of the county yesterday evening.

The N25 from Larkins Cross to Maldron Roundabout was flooded, along with a number of roads in Wexford town. 

Spot flooding was also reported on the N30 Palace to Clonroche road.

People have been advised to avoid unnecessary journeys. 

Met Éireann warned that high tides are expected to be very high along all coasts this weekend, leading to the possibility of coastal flooding. 

Cork City Council warned yesterday that forecasted “super spring tides” over the weekend would result in significant tidal flooding in low lying areas of the city at high tide. 

Wandesford Quay and Sharman Crawford Street were closed from 5pm yesterday until when the tidal flooding subsided.

There was some flooding reported on the South Mall and Lavitts Quay yesterday evening. 

There are currently no rain warnings in place from Met Éireann today. However, the UK’s Met Office has a Yellow rain warning in place for Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh and Tyrone until 12pm today. 

Met Éireann has said patches of mist and fog are possible this morning.

There will be a mix of sunny spells and showers, most frequent in the north, today.

Some of the showers will be heavy and may cause spot flooding, the forecaster said.

A mix of clear spells and scattered showers are forecast for tonight, most frequent in the north and west.

Winds are due to be light and variable in most areas, so mist and fog will form, but there will be a moderate to fresh easterly wind in the north. 

The risk of flooding is expected to become more frequent and more intense as climate change destabilises Ireland’s weather systems.

The Climate Action Plan 2023 outlined that the “most immediate risks to Ireland from climate change are predominantly those associated with changes in extremes, such as floods, droughts, and storms”.

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    Oct 29th 2023, 2:05 PM

    Clean the drains clean the rivers and 90% of flooding will stop

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    Oct 29th 2023, 5:26 PM

    @john mac: nah, that’s too much work and thought for the county councils. Go to the source of the problem and get BAM to build a retractable roof over the country. Put hectares of solar panels on it and we solve the flooding and the electricity grid issues. It will be done under budget and before the estimated completion date.

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    Oct 29th 2023, 10:24 PM

    @john mac: but that would be a smart thing to do…….

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    Oct 29th 2023, 1:45 PM

    2 out of 23 comments remain after another purge by the Journal

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    Oct 29th 2023, 2:01 PM

    @Ross O’: After an off-topic purge, I presume. It’s only a matter of time before all comments are closed, and it won’t be the journals fault. It will be because we commentators are going off topic.

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    Oct 29th 2023, 2:35 PM

    Cork city is going to be in real trouble when sea levels rise by a couple of metres..

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    Oct 29th 2023, 1:36 PM

    Please make this rain stop. We’ve had enough.

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    Oct 29th 2023, 3:31 PM

    The FFG have abandoned Cork’s most needed infrastructure ie: flood defence system as a political ploy for years! It’s seriously time we march on the use of the LPT given the amount of it that comes from Cork and how little gets returned in investment to the county!

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    Oct 30th 2023, 8:59 AM

    @PRdLQWQF: It’s not so much a flood defence system we need. What we need is common sense. First, stop building in Cork City. The city center is an island and it’s marshland in the first place. A settlement of a few hundred people might work back in the days, but we keep building, digging, putting concrete and tar everywhere, thinking that it will be sound. Though I love the city, it’s time to consider that we’ve been too far in developing it. Perhaps the perfect occasion to settle a bit further north or west and built NeoCork

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    Oct 30th 2023, 10:45 AM

    @Ryan Hulin (ryansjourneys): another cork ?

    There has to be an option 3.

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    Oct 29th 2023, 1:43 PM

    Rain rain go away come again another day

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    Oct 29th 2023, 5:29 PM

    @Emer Daly: yeah the problem is that we started singing that song around the middle of June and every day since has been that ‘other day’

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    Oct 29th 2023, 6:12 PM

    News flash it’s raining in Ireland. That’s a first

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    Oct 30th 2023, 12:36 PM

    It’s getting so bad in this country, that soon a day without rain will be a cause for celebration.

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    Oct 30th 2023, 6:31 PM

    Its a wonder the comments section is open lol

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