The River Slaney burst its banks yesterday evening for a second time this week, following days of heavy rainfall across Co Wexford. Photo: Jim CampbellThe rivers Nore and Barrow caused major flooding yesterday as both broke their banks in multiple locations. Some areas were braced to receive more than 50mm of rainfall yesterday, meaning parts of the south-east will have faced over 100mm of rainfall in just 96 hours. Met Éireann’s Gerry Murphy said Ireland had struggled to cope with rainfall levels over the past seven days that were over four times higher than January averages. There is certainly the possibility that records may be broken.”Mr Murphy indicated that rainfall levels would ease over the weekend before further potentially heavy rainfall on Monday.

Source: Irish Independent January 31, 2026 08:33 UTC