Overview
- A yellow rain warning is in force across Northern Ireland from 06:00 to 21:00, with outlets differing on whether County Antrim is included.
- Status Yellow alerts cover Cork and Kerry until 14:00 and Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Tipperary and Waterford until 17:00.
- Morning downpours have produced local flooding, bus diversions in Dundrum, two collisions on the southbound A1, and an impassable stretch near Newcastle with further issues possible.
- The Met Office expects 20–30 mm widely and 40 mm or more on higher ground such as the Mournes, with stronger coastal winds and transport delays likely.
- Met Éireann describes a west-anchored low meeting a cooler northerly flow that is driving prolonged rain, with conditions forecast to improve later today.