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Yellow fog warning issued for 12 Irish counties overnight

Yellow fog warning issued for 12 Irish counties overnight

Motorists face hazardous conditions as fog rolls in overnight A fog warning will remain in force across parts of Ireland until late Monday morning, with Met Éireann urging motorists to take extra care during the busy commute. The status yellow alert covers 12 counties and comes into effect at 9pm on Sunday, lasting until 11am […]

3 days ago

Status yellow wind warning issued for 11 Irish counties

Status yellow wind warning issued for 11 Irish counties

Coastal areas warned of large waves as strong winds sweep in Another bout of strong winds is expected to hit Ireland on Monday evening, prompting Met Éireann to issue a yellow weather alert for 11 counties. The warning begins at 5pm and remains in place until midnight, with southwesterly gusts expected to create potentially hazardous […]

2 weeks ago

Storm Boelo: Status Orange warning in place for Galway and Kerry

Storm Boelo: Status Orange warning in place for Galway and Kerry

Flooding and possible damage to homes and businesses are expected As Met Éireann has warned of flooding and damage to homes and businesses this weekend, Storm Boelo has triggered a Status Orange rain warning for Galway and Kerry. The latest rain warning started at 7am on Saturday (24 October), and it runs until 2pm as […]

2 weeks ago

Storm Boelo orange warning issued for Kerry and Donegal

Storm Boelo orange warning issued for Kerry and Donegal

Met Éireann named the counties at risk of flooding Ireland is bracing for flooding and damaging winds this bank holiday weekend, as a Storm Boelo orange warning has been issued for Kerry and Donegal. As Met Éireann named the counties at risk of flooding and damaging winds, it issued a status orange rain warning for […]

2 weeks ago

Storm Austen power outages hit 3,000 homes across Ireland

Storm Austen power outages hit 3,000 homes across Ireland

Thousands of homes lost power on Friday morning ESB crews are responding to Storm Austen power outages that have cut electricity to roughly 3,000 homes, farms and businesses this morning. Storm Austen has caused power loss to around 3,000 homes, farms and businesses across Ireland on Friday morning. The heaviest concentration of faults was in […]

2 weeks ago

Storm Austen warning: status yellow rain alert for whole country

Storm Austen warning: status yellow rain alert for whole country

Flooding and gale force winds expected Ahead of the season’s first named storm, Met Éireann has issued a nationwide status yellow rain alert on Wednesday morning. The warning runs from 7pm on Thursday to 8am on Friday 23 October. Storm Austen, the first named storm of the season, will track just south of Ireland overnight. […]

3 weeks ago