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LAST UPDATE | 5 Oct 2024
THREE RAIN WARNINGS will be in place today for counties in the southwest as Met Éireann has said heavy and persistent rain is expected for the entire day.
The rain, beginning early in Connacht and Munster, will gradually move eastwards throughout the day.
Members of the public in Cork, Kerry and Waterford have been advised to stay away from coastal areas for the day, with local authorities reminding them to “stay back, stay high and stay dry”. All three counties have separate Orange rain warnings.
In Kerry and Cork, an Orange rain warning commenced overnight and will remain in place throughout the day. There is a high likelihood of flooding and dangerous driving conditions in the counties as a result.
Cork County Council has prepared crews who will be deployed throughout the day to inspect high-risk areas. Water pumping arrangements have also been organised for those areas.
The council said that up to 50mm of rain has been recorded in some locations over the past 12 hours. Cork County Council’s Crisis Management Team convened this afternoon to assess the impact of these conditions.
Bantry town has experienced minor flooding in the Square and New Street areas, and the expected tidal peak in Bantry is at 7.00PM this evening. Council crews are on the ground throughout the county.
Several roads have been impacted as a result of localised surface water flooding. Details of road closures can be found by visiting Cork County Alerts.
The Orange rain warning was also extended yesterday to Waterford, where the heaviest of showers will begin from midday. The weather alert will remain in place until midnight tonight.
Waterford City and County Council’s severe weather management team have been briefed by Met Éireann and will also have crews on standby to help tackle any flooding that may arise as a result of the heavy downpours.
There is potential that localised and surface flooding, fallen branches and debris on the roads as well as dangerous driving conditions, Gabriel Hynes, Senior Engineer with Waterford City and County Council, said.
Overnight, a Yellow rain warning kicked in for counties Clare, Limerick, Galway and Mayo and will remain in place for the rest of the day. Residents should anticipate some localised flooding.
A wet weekend countrywide as warnings come in to place for the south & west, a risk of river & coastal flooding on the south coast. 🌊
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) October 4, 2024
See all warnings: https://t.co/GYji547FKt
The rain will clear to showers on Sunday with the unsettled weather continuing into midweek. 🌧️☔️ pic.twitter.com/5Ju89nJmHM
There will be heavy spells, thunder and some flooding in other parts of the country today as well, though rain will be heaviest in the south and west. Strong and occasionally gusty winds are also expected, with temperatures reaching highs of 13 to 16 degrees.
Heavy rain is forecast all day for areas in Connaught and Munster.
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The trough just keeps getting bigger.
@Mel Fitzpatrick: not nearly as big as the social welfare entitlement trough.
@John Terry: Lol, silly comment
With less population per TD now, are they up for a paycut? Seems only fair.
They’re the least of our concerns at the moment going week to week watching those gombeans talk nonsense in the dail year in year out they’ve certainly done a fantastic job with the housing crisis over the last 10 years the future looks great if you can live in a house the size of a kennel
Now we have to listen to more waffle, pay more to hear it , this country is going down the swamp, since these crowd have taken over , we need a new party for the Irish taxpayers, not the European Puppet masters.
Netherlands 15 million has 150
Wixford lol
@Modern Irish Dad: Where’s that?? Lol
Gombeens, party comes first, then the pinsion, then the unvouched expenses, then the subsistence for turning up to do your job, What a great little country.
Lucky for Josepha Madigan but less lucky for others.
Swings and roundabouts!
@Nestor:
Definitely.
Senator Malcom Byrne FF will be counting his lucky stars, he’s based in gorey which will probably be the biggest town in the new constituency. I’d say one SF, one FF and anyones guess for the last.
Which Wexford TD will lose out?
If I was Paul Kehoe I would be worried as would the Green TD in Wicklow
@P.J. Nolan: I’m in Gorey and I’d absolutely vote for the Green TD in Wicklow over Snr Malcolm Byrne.
Unlikely you will get the chance, Steven Matthews is based in Bray.
It’s about time we had more TD’s to make us feel safe in our homes…
Is wixford a new constituity.
@Terry Mckenna: don’t give them ideas they might actually try it wouldn’t surprise us
@Terry Mckenna: ya, not to be confused with Wexlow
I read all these comments and I think, if you think you can do better then get elected. But ye won’t because you prefer to belly ache. Get over yourselves, it’s Democracy
Amazing how they adhere to the constitution when it suits them.
Anyone who votes for any one of this crowd in government who have lied consistently to their own people with regard to illegal migrants, fake Ukrainian refugees, their anti farmer stance, the price gouging by the banks and ultility companies, their attack on our freedoms during the Covid scam, the climate emergency BS etc etc etc should hang their head in shame. They are working for the WEF/EU/UN not the Irish people. They were able to get beautiful modular homes ready in jig time for military aged men from around the globe while Irish families struggle to put a roof over their heads. Please stop voting for these EU shills. The only reason we don’t have more youth homelessness is many of our graduates have left the country thinking they’ll be fine when they come back with their UAE tax free money, come back to what. Ireland in another decade of the current demographic change being implemented by our so called government won’t exist. Elections have serious consequences.
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