Met Éireann has warned that it will be a "very, very wet day" with four status orange weather alerts now in effect for four counties. The forecaster said spells of very heavy rain falling on already saturated ground, combined with high river levels and high tides, will lead to localised flooding, river flooding, and difficult travel conditions. In Dublin and Wicklow, the rain alert came into effect at midday and will be in place until 3pm on Friday. "So there's going to be rain where basically it's just going to continue raining from once it starts mid-morning and then basically it's just rain, rain until maybe mid-afternoon tomorrow." It warned that we are entering another challenging phase over Thursday and Friday, with orange and yellow rain warnings in place.

Source: Irish Examiner February 05, 2026 16:31 UTC