TDs told the Minister responsible for the Office of Public Works about the need for better flood defences and warnings.

A spell of heavy rainfall overnight from Tuesday and throughout Wednesday will be falling on already saturated ground and rivers close to bursting banks

There is a risk of flooding ‘across the country’, according to the Government’s emergency planners.

Met Éireann said rain falling on already saturated ground combined with high river levels will lead to flooding

One person blasted Met Éireann for their failure to predict heavy showers. “No rain forecast for Donabate [in Dublin] and all my washing is soaked,” they said.

Ciara Burke had to shut her restaurant for over a week and get new flooring and paint after rising waters during Storm Chandra seeped up through the concrete.

Connacht, as well as counties Cavan, Donegal, and Longford, will be under a status yellow rain warning from 12pm until midnight on Sunday.

Some roads leading to Dublin Airport were closed and several apartment block basements in north Dublin were flooded overnight.

No new dates have been announced for the two games.

Flooding is reported in a number of areas of north Dublin

Met Éireann issued a yellow rain warning for Dublin and Wicklow.

Met Éireann has forecast that temperatures will drop to minus four on Friday night, in what will be a very cold, frosty and icy night.

THE weather station at Oak Park, Co Carlow experienced its wettest January since 2014 with 142. 3 mm of rain experienced during the month. This was 177% of the long-term average for the month, according to a Met Éireann analysis.

Temperatures are forecast to dip below freezing with an arctic blast reported to be tracking towards Ireland.

Club chairperson Mark Fay said that although the erosion was 'heartbreaking' to watch, the club's mood was bolstered by local support.

Jack Chambers said judicial reviews were causing ‘paralysis’ in some flood defence projects

The forecaster is still warning of the continued risk of flooding in parts of the east.

Sinn Féin’s deputy leader said only 17 projects have been completed in the decade Simon Harris has been in government.

It comes as the country, particularly the south east, has been battered by extensive rain over the last week.

Met Éireann’s Andrew Doran-Sherlock has also warned that just because the rain has stopped, flooding still remains a risk.

He told one resident the Government is ‘determined to do a number of short-term measures first’ to alleviate the impact of flood damage.

It comes as a Status Yellow rain warning is in place for a number of counties on Monday.

Met Éireann said that further heavy rain falling on saturated ground, combined with high river levels and high tides, will lead to localised flooding, river flooding and difficult travel conditions.

Parts of Co Wexford remain among the worst hit areas following further overnight rain.

Cabinet will hold a special committee meeting on floods and storms in the coming days to discuss the matter

More heavy rain is forecast on Friday, with river and surface water flooding continuing to be a risk due to saturated ground conditions and high river levels

Met Éireann is warning that further heavy rain and showers falling on saturated ground, combined with high river levels, will lead to localised flooding, river flooding, and difficult travel conditions.

Clean-up operations continued amid the threat of more rain in some of the worst-affected towns, like Enniscorthy and Aughrim, and areas in Dublin.

Met Éireann is once again warning of localised and river flooding with difficult travelling conditions expected

Parts of Wexford and Waterford have been hit badly by flooding as Storm Chandra hits Ireland

Update: A Status Yellow wind warning has now also been issued for Carlow from 5am to 11pm on Tuesday

Met Eireann has warned of heavy rain in the south east, while the Met Office has issued an alert for Northern Ireland.

In Northern Ireland, the UK Met Office had issued a series of warnings, but all have been lifted.

A warning has been issued for Clare, Kerry, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, and Sligo.

Met Éireann has issued yellow snow and rain warnings for the south of the country from Thursday afternoon.

Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins paid tribute to gritting teams working on the road network.

There is disruption at Dublin Airport as weather conditions impact flights at other airports across Europe and the UK

The forecaster said temperatures will be dropping to -5 degrees, with treacherous travel conditions and the possibility of black ice. 

Warnings are in place across the island of Ireland.

Temperatures will be falling to between -2 and -4 degrees in many areas, with "sharp or severe frost and icy stretches".

Christmas Day is set to be a dry and bright day for most of the country, with sunny spells dominating.

Met Éireann has said temperatures will plummet approaching Christmas while some weather experts have predicted snow

Met Éireann and the Met Office have issued warnings for heavy rain this weekend.