Counties in the west of the country were the first to be affected.
Storm Brian has arrived in Ireland and is already making an impact in the west of the country, with incidents of spot flooding reported in number of counties.
Met Éireann reported that the centre of Storm Brian was located over east Galway at approximately 8am on Saturday morning; Galway was one of a number of counties to have reported spot flooding as a result of inclement weather conditions in the last 24 hours.
https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/921635736193060864
https://twitter.com/ClareCoCo/status/921635671122554880
https://twitter.com/LimerickCouncil/status/921644445103206400
https://twitter.com/LimerickCouncil/status/921635571591798785
https://twitter.com/LimerickCouncil/status/921639979578724353
https://twitter.com/GalwayCoCo/status/921635956171726848
https://twitter.com/countykerry/status/921630267487514624
https://twitter.com/Corkcoco/status/921648945897594880
The Cliffs of Moher Visitor Experience and Fota Island Wildlife Park are amongst a number of tourist attractions to have closed a result.
https://twitter.com/ClareCoCo/status/921625599348822016
Three-hour forecast maps for Storm Brian are available on the Met Éireann website
here.
https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/921625868740583424
A status orange wind warning will remain in place for the coasts of seven counties – Mayo, Galway, Clare, Kerry, Cork, Waterford and Wexford – until 10pm on Saturday night, with gusts of up to 130km/h expected in places before winds ease to yellow level warning on Saturday evening.
A status yellow wind warning is also in place for the remaining 19 counties in the Republic of Ireland until 10pm on Saturday night, while 10 counties – Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Waterford – have been issued with a status yellow rainfall warning that is in effect until 9pm on Saturday.
The ESB, meanwhile, revealed that it restored power for a further 8,000 customers on Friday evening, with work continuing on the remaining 29,000 customers left without power following ex-Hurricane Ophelia on Monday.
https://twitter.com/ESBNetworks/status/921478876873871360
Main image via Twitter/Met Éireann
