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Live BlogLAST UPDATE | 2 hrs ago
A STATUS ORANGE rain warning remains in place in Co Louth but was lifted at 9am for Dublin, Wicklow and Waterford.
However, Dublin is now under a Status Yellow alert until 12 noon, as is Cavan, Meath and Monaghan.
The rainfall wasn’t as bad as feared overnight, but the chair of the National Emergency Co-ordination Group Keith Leonard warned this doesn’t mean that “conditions won’t be difficult today”.
Leonard added that “we won’t really know the full impacts” of overnight rain on the Dublin and Wicklow mountains “until later today and early tomorrow”.
And while the Dart is operating at Greystones and Howth, services remain suspended at Malahide.
Road users have been advised to take care and avoid travelling through flooded roads.
Those who can work from home today were also advised to do so by the National Emergency Coordination Group.
Elsewhere, a Status Yellow alert elapsed at 9am across Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Wexford, and Tipperary.
Meanwhile, most of Northern Ireland remains under a Status Yellow rain warning until midnight.
With updates from Diarmuid Pepper
As the rain moves northwards, we are going to end our liveblog for now.
A Status Yellow warning remains in place across Cavan, Dublin, Meath and Monaghan – a similar warning is in place in the North across Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down and Tyrone.
Meanwhile, Co Louth is the only county still under a Status Orange warning and this alert will remain in place until 12 noon.
And while overnight rain wasn’t as heavy as predicted, the chair of the National Emergency Coordination Group has warned that we aren’t quite out of the woods yet.
Keith Leonard this morning said “we won’t really know the full impacts” of overnight rain on the Dublin and Wicklow mountains “until later today and early tomorrow”.
🌦️ Our Severe Weather Assessment Team (SWAT) met on Friday morning to assess the ongoing weather conditions.
— Louth County Council (@louthcoco) February 6, 2026
Thankfully, there were no major incidents overnight, but some roads and areas have been affected by localised flooding.
A Status Orange Rain Warning remains in place for… pic.twitter.com/4sIJQRuLqR
Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers has said that the delivery of flood relief schemes has been “too slow”.
Speaking to RTÉ, he said: “I think that paralysis that feeds from the culture of judicial reviews is impacting the progression of certain flood relief schemes.”
He added that such schemes are also “complex environmental and engineering projects which take time”.
He also called on people “to think twice about engaging in litigation when there is the level of risk in a local area”.
“It’s a small minority who use very technical and procedural issues to block infrastructure and they have a right to do that,” said Chambers.
“But I don’t think the balance of rights isn’t there in the Irish system right now and judicial reviews are bringing huge elements of risk aversion across the decision-making process.”
Meanwhile, Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty TD, has accused the government of “failing communities again and of presiding over a decade of broken promises on flood defences”.
He said the flooding now unfolding is “not an isolated event but the result of repeated failure at the top of government”.
“Today there are 94 flood-relief schemes described as ongoing, 68 of them haven’t even reached planning, and 54 aren’t even in active consideration.
“Instead of owning this failure, the government has blamed the weather, local authorities, and even Met Éireann.
TD Barry Heneghan has passed on images of the damage caused to Clontarf Baths from the recent bad weather.
Wicklow County Council has said minor flooding occurred on the N11 after overnight rain.
TII maintenance teams remain on site and continue to clear water from the roadway.
The Council added that road conditions in some other areas remain affected and motorists are advised to exercise caution.
A number of roads remain closed, as outlined below:
Bray Municipal District: The 21 Bends to Enniskerry: one lane closed with stop/go traffic management in place.
Tinahely Area: The following roads remain closed due to structural damage:
Bridges and Coastal Areas:
Samuel Hayes Pedestrian Bridge in Rathdrum is closed due to flooding.
Bray Promenade, Bray Harbour, and the Wicklow Seafront remain closed while debris clearance works are ongoing.
While Ireland battles with heavy rain, storms Kristin and Leonardo have brought extensive and severe damage across Portugal and left over 1 million without electricity.
In response, ESB Networks has deployed crews to Portugal to support in restoring electricity supply and repairing infrastructure.
The first convoy of ESB personnel and specialist vehicles departed from Rosslare Port yesterday evening, with more teams departing tonight.
These personnel will work alongside local Portuguese teams to repair the severely impacted overhead line network.
ESB Networks said it has a long and proud tradition of providing mutual support to neighbouring electricity network operators across Europe and the UK during major incidents.
Recently, international crews travelled here to support ESB Networks during Storm Éowyn.
An ESB Networks spokesperson noted that “this collaboration has become increasingly important as climate driven extreme weather events continue to increase in frequency and severity across all regions”.
Tankers on site in Dundalk to help deal with spot flooding. Co Louth remains under a Status Orange warning until 12pm.
It’s due to be a big night in the League of Ireland, with Shamrock Rover beginning their title defence against newly-promoted Dundalk.
However, tonight’s game at Tallaght Stadium is subject to a pitch inspection this morning at 11am.
The Tallaght clash is slated to be the live game on Virgin Media Television, but it is understood that a contingency plan is in place to show Derry City vs Sligo Rovers live instead, should Rovers/Dundalk be postponed.
Iarnród Éireann staff hard at work to get services up and running at Kilcoole.
A sincere thank you to our frontline teams who have been working to clear debris from the line at Kilcoole and restore services as soon as possible👏👏
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) February 6, 2026
Updates to follow. -AD#WeatherWatch #KeepingYouMoving https://t.co/S349VV1BKw pic.twitter.com/P0YkXasXLw
River Slaney high and rising as that rain from Wicklow Mountains flows down. pic.twitter.com/0MxlYuSlrF
— Carlow Weather (@CarlowWeather) February 6, 2026
At 9am this morning, the Status Orange warning elapsed in counties Dublin, Waterford and Wicklow, but it remains in place in Co Louth until 12pm.
Dublin now comes under a Status Yellow warning, alongside Cavan, Meath and Monaghan.
A Status Yellow alert is also in place in the North until midnight across Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down and Tyrone.
🚨09.35 Connolly/Rosslare will be operated by bus transfers due to debris and flooding on the line.
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) February 6, 2026
🚨Staff are working to clear the line so that services can resume. Updates will be posted as soon as we have further information. -AD pic.twitter.com/A2jAUykg0i
Once the Status Orange alert elapses at 9am in Dublin, the county come under the same Status Yellow warning that Cavan, Meath and Monaghan is currently under until 12pm.
Leonard also said the National Emergency Coordination Group is on “full alert right throughout the weekend”.
“Rainfall will be much lower over the weekend, but that lag will continue to have an effect across the weekend, and then we’re back into more rainfall next Monday and Tuesday as well.”
Meanwhile, Leonard said a “key focus” of the National Emergency Coordination Group meeting at noon today will be “restoring public transport and travel conditions, making sure roads are unblocked where they can be”.
He said the meeting will also “ascertain if there’s been any damage to properties overnight an what humanitarian assistance and business assistance is required today and into the weekend”.
Keith Leonard has also been speaking to RTÉ and has urged motorists to turn back if they come across flooding.
“Unfortunately, every day this week, we’ve had to rescue people from trapped cars, and they’re dangerous and it causes a lot of stress for people when that happens”.
Meanwhile, he said there has been a “little bit of good news” as the overnight rainfall “wasn’t quite as heavy as it was predicted to be”.
However, Leonard said this doesn’t mean that “conditions won’t be difficult today”.
“We have the coincidence of very high tides, surface flooding and very high river levels.
“So we’re hopeful we might get away today without too much damage to property, but I think you’ll see roads flooded, and particularly along those coastal areas.”
Leonard added that “we won’t really know the full impacts” of overnight rain on the Dublin and Wicklow mountains “until later today and early tomorrow”.
Some spot flooding has reported across Dundalk in Co Louth, including Bay-Estate, Cluan Enda, Blackwater Court and the Castletown Road.
Local councillor Robert Nash said he has requested that Louth County Council deploy suction tankers this morning to the worst affected areas.
Keith Leonard, Chairperson of the National Emergency Co-ordination Group (NECG), said there doesn’t seem to have been major damage overnight but speaking on Newstalk, he reiterated an appeal for people in the Status Orange counties to work from home where possible.
“It would free up capacity on the road network and public transport for people who need to get into work,” he added.
Meanwhile, the NECG is due to meet again at noon.
Met Éireann meteorologist Mark Bowe has said that the rain is moving northwards quicker than anticipated.
He added this the rain is also starting to ease after a very wet night.
And while the warning times for Status Orange alerts have been reduced, Bowetold RTÉ’s Morning Ireland that the risk of river and localised flooding will persist after the warnings end.
Bowe added that it will be somewhat drier tomorrow and Sunday but it will be unsettled with plenty of cloud and cooler nights.
Here are the latest updates from Irish Rail this morning:
The following services have been cancelled. -AD
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) February 6, 2026
05:35 Rosslare/Connolly, bus transfers to Connolly
05:45 Gorey/Connolly, bus transfers to Connolly
07:10 Rosslare/Connolly will operate to Wicklow, bus transfers from Wicklow to Connolly
Update:
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) February 6, 2026
➡DARTs operating between Greystones & Clongriffin (both directions).
➡Belfast & Northern Commuter resuming between Malahide & Howth Junction. Significant delays expected & additional stops.
➡DARTs remain suspended between Malahide & Clongriffin. -AD https://t.co/DseddJuq9Y
Update:
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) February 6, 2026
➡DARTs operating between Greystones & Clongriffin (both directions).
➡Belfast & Northern Commuter resuming between Malahide & Howth Junction. Significant delays expected & additional stops.
➡DARTs remain suspended between Malahide & Clongriffin. -AD https://t.co/DseddJuq9Y
Yesterday, Wicklow County Council said that while many rivers remain close to or above bank-full levels, most have receded from the peaks seen last week.
However, it warned that further heavy rainfall overnight was likely to trigger additional flooding due to saturated ground conditions.
The public had also been advised to stay away from Wicklow Town Promenade, Bray Seafront and Arklow’s North Beach revetment due to risk of wave overtopping.
In Wicklow, the Status Orange warning remains in place until 9am.
Met Éireann has revised the times when a number of warnings will end. Here’s where all the alerts in place today are due to be lifted:
Meanwhile in the North, a Status Yellow rain warning issued by the UK Met Office for counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Tyrone and Derry will be lifted at midnight tonight.
Met Éireann forecasts that rain will travel north this morning, with heaviest and most persistent rain in the east and northeast, with the continued risk of flooding.
Iarnród Éireann currently has bus transfers in place at Rosslare and Gorey, as well as Wicklow and Bray due to flooding and debris on the line.
Meanwhile, the DART line is closed between Lansdowne and Dún Laoghaire due to flooding.
“We’re in a better situation than we were yesterday,” said an Iarnród Éireann spokesperson this morning, “but we do still have some minor impacts”.
And on the Luas, all Red and Green Lines services are operating normally though Luas passengers are advised to allow extra time for travel today.
And in non-weather related disruptions, DART, Belfast & Northern Commuter services are suspended between Malahide and Howth Junction due to a mechanical fault with a maintenance vehicle and crews are working to rectify the issue.
The timings of the Status Orange alerts have been amended by Met Éireann this morning.
The Orange warning in Dublin and Wicklow had been due to be in place until 3pm this afternoon, but will now elapse at 9am.
In Waterford the warning is unchanged and will elapse at 8am, while in Co Louth the end of the alert has been brought forward from 6pm this evening until 12 noon.
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