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Monday 11 December 2023 Dublin: 7°C

# What the fliuch

This year
2023
Shamrock Rovers' clash with Drogheda United rescheduled for Sunday
Premier Divison meeting between UCD and Cork City has also also been pushed back 48 hours.
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Oct 20th 2023, 5:59 PM
Last month was Ireland's wettest July on record
July of this year had more than four times the amount of rain observed in July 2022, provisional data shows.
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Aug 1st 2023, 12:38 PM
This month is shaping up to be the rainiest July on record
The wettest July nationwide was in 2009, but with another week to go until the month is out, 2023 may take its place.
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Jul 24th 2023, 5:33 PM
Last year
2022
Status Orange rain warning in place for five counties from tonight
Heavy rain is forecast in Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Wicklow and Wexford.
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Oct 18th 2022, 9:06 PM
All time
A bunch of students have created the 'world's first' porn magazine as Gaeilge
And I thought to myself, what the Fliuch?
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Apr 6th 2016, 1:51 PM
Wind, rain and more wind: Met Éireann has issued another weather warning
Don’t get blown away out there.
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Dec 21st 2015, 2:00 PM
PHOTOS: Drivers rescued from cars as flash flooding hits back roads
Heavy rain followed by more heavy rain. Excellent.
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Nov 13th 2014, 10:44 PM
Will You Ever Be Ready For The Bloody Rain?
Are you destined to be soggy-socked forever?
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Nov 13th 2014, 6:00 PM
Rainfall warnings and high tides: the weather is going to get Biblical today
Get the anoraks ready.
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Nov 6th 2014, 1:02 PM
Met Éireann is warning that there may be some flooding today
It’s going to be windy and wet. For a change.
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Oct 19th 2014, 8:23 AM
Here's how that storm looked above Ireland last night - in tweets and maps
How are the heads this morning?
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Oct 6th 2014, 8:10 AM
It's about to rain so hard that Met Éireann has issued a weather warning
BUT IT’S THE WEEKEND. THIS ISN’T FAIR.
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Aug 8th 2014, 11:19 PM
Hurricane Bertha will miss us, but other possible storms are 'being monitored'
The weather system is going to “lose its tropical characteristics,” apparently.
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Aug 5th 2014, 11:14 PM
Irish summer: Dublin hardest hit by flooding as east soaked by torrential rain overnight
It’s wellies and umbrellas for the start of the Bank Holiday weekend.
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Aug 2nd 2014, 1:01 PM
Flooding begins to subside after heavy rain burst hits Cork
The rain is going to continue this evening. Sorry, Corkonians.
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Jul 19th 2014, 6:13 PM
Why does Google's homepage say today is the first day of spring?
Let’s clear this up.
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Mar 20th 2014, 12:43 PM
Stormageddon: Ok folks, you know the drill by now…
Parts of Ireland will be battered by Atlantic storms today. Sorry.
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Feb 8th 2014, 9:32 AM
Batten down the hatches: Storm-force winds batter the country
It’s pretty windy out there this morning.
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Feb 1st 2014, 12:10 PM
Making The Most of It Pic of the Day
These lads in Co Louth are fishing for compliments, surely…
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Jan 4th 2014, 8:44 AM
Road closures, clean-ups... and bad weather set to continue
Many roads around coastal areas have been affected by the bad weather. We have the latest from around the country.
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Jan 3rd 2014, 1:52 PM
Stormwatch: Over 7,000 homes without power, floods and high tides
Met Éireann releases new alert for this afternoon as wild weather set to continue.
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Jan 3rd 2014, 7:56 AM
Orange Alert in place as country braces for gale force winds
Met Éireann has warned there will be no letup in the strong winds which have hit over the past week. Sorry.
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Jan 2nd 2014, 8:26 AM
Flood warnings as high tides expected in Cork and Dublin
Sand bags are being put in place at locations prone to flooding.
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Dec 31st 2013, 6:39 PM
Baby, it's wet outside: December weather turns... December-y
That’s Ireland buried somewhere under all that rain.
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Dec 14th 2013, 3:10 PM
Quick! Take in the washing, it's coming
Don’t let the wet and windy weather ruin your bank holiday weekend.
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Oct 26th 2013, 10:03 AM
9 things you never knew about Irish weather
Led Zepplin, Ireland’s Big Wind, Cromwell’s death…
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Oct 4th 2013, 9:30 PM
PIC: It's pretty grim weather over Ireland right now
And there’s more rain on the way
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Oct 3rd 2013, 7:07 AM
Climate change is making Ireland warmer (yay!) and wetter (boo!)
Five reports on how Ireland is coping with climate change have been published by the EPA, finding that the country is wetter and warmer and that plants and animals are being affected.
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Sep 17th 2013, 6:30 AM
Life in the wettest village on Earth (including indoor clouds and 467 inches of rain)
“Sure, it rains a lot, but we are used to it. We just wait it out.”
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Aug 5th 2013, 9:15 AM
Bring your raincoat today: Orange alert issued for heavy rainfall
Rain, rain and more rain. We miss the heatwave.
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Aug 1st 2013, 8:06 AM
Oh dear... there's a risk of more flash flooding today
Showers will be heavy in some parts of the country today, with scattered thunderstorms expected. And as for tomorrow…
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Jul 27th 2013, 10:54 AM
Letterkenny Hospital partially evacuated after flooding destroys ground floor
A crisis management plan is now in operation but the hospital does not expect to be in a position to reopen its Emergency Department tonight.
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Jul 26th 2013, 8:38 PM
Your pics: Flooding (and a rainbow) in Dublin after "intense" thunderstorms
Dublin City Council said that it has mobilised drainage crews, and will monitor the drainage network throughout the evening.
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Jul 26th 2013, 8:30 PM
Heavy and thundery downpours forecast tonight with rain and sun tomorrow
A mixed bag of weather is forecast in the coming days.
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Jul 25th 2013, 9:32 PM
Floods and downpours! This is the scene in Galway city this afternoon
Well, it was good while it lasted.
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Jul 23rd 2013, 5:01 PM
GIF: Ireland is swallowed whole by a terrifying rain demon
We, for one, welcome our new precipitous overlords.
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Jun 11th 2013, 8:32 PM
Good morning, here is the picture which confirms that summer is over
You’re going to need that umbrella today because rain and a bit more rain is forecast.
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Jun 11th 2013, 6:59 AM
The GIF that shows Ireland's heatwave coming to an end
Looks like rain, Ted.
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Jun 10th 2013, 8:59 PM
You think it rains a lot in Ireland now. Wait till you hear about 2345BC...
New evidence has shown that Ireland experienced 20 years of non-stop rain in 2345BC, around the same time as Noah’s great flood.
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May 4th 2013, 10:45 AM
Helicopters used to dispatch crews as 900 homes in North still without power
Customers in rural and exposed areas are still without power following the heavy snowfall in the North last week.
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Mar 25th 2013, 10:36 AM
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