The warning comes into effect from 3am until 6 pm.

The warm weather is set to continue on Monday, mostly dry with sunny spells improving as the day goes on.

Ireland is one of the driest places in Europe right now, and is set to be hotter than parts of the Canaries.

Cork and Kerry are under a status yellow warning for wind, rain and thunderstorms.

Met Éireann has said that there will be spells of heavy rain in the south of the country, with potential impacts including localised flooding and difficult travelling conditions.

In short, the weather is expected to be generally quite mixed, with sunny spells and hail and sleet alike forecast in the national outlook for the next few days.

ESB Networks crews are mobilised across the country to restore electricity to those impacted.

The warning will come into effect at 3pm on Saturday and stay in place until midnight.

A warning will be in place for Clare, Mayo, Kerry, Galway, and Limerick from 5 pm on Tuesday until midnight.

Yellow wind and rain warnings will come into force on Thursday.

The wind warning will come into place at midnight and will last until 6 pm on Thursday.

While the east gets the rain, sunny spells will gradually develop across western counties throughout Thursday.

Met Éireann have warned that spells of heavy rain could lead to localised flooding, poor visibility and hazardous travelling conditions.

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

A status yellow wind warning has been issued for Wexford, Wicklow, Dublin, Meath, and Louth.

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.

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.

Flooding is reported in a number of areas of north Dublin

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

The forecaster says temperatures will fall to as low as -3 degrees, with sharp frost and icy conditions, leading to potentially hazardous travelling conditions and disruption.

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.

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

Monday will be cloudy and misty with patches of fog. Outbreaks of rain or drizzle will spread northwards to most areas through the day.

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

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.

Earlier, the National Emergency Co-ordination Group (NECG) and its related subgroups met again to continue to assess the flooding situation and prepare for the risk of further flooding this week.

Kenneth Fox and Eva Osborne The National Emergency Co-ordination Group (NECG) and its related subgroups met again on Monday to continue to prepare for the risk of further flooding.

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.

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

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.

Met Éireann has issued a warning to Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Louth, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow.

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

It comes as those worst hit by floodwaters during Storm Chandra on Tuesday have been told to apply for emergency payments.

There is a yellow rain warning issued for Carlow, Kilkenny, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, and Waterford.

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

The warning is valid from 2am until 8am on Tuesday.

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

The forecaster said areas of dense fog and freezing fog could affect visibility and create hazardous travelling conditions.

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