A yellow rain warning is in place on Monday night for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Cork and Waterford. There are 100 flood schemes going through the system and the Government will do “everything [it] can to accelerate [the applications] with the local authority”, he said. She said communities affected by flooding all around the country do not need kind words from politicians, or the Taoiseach. As we have discovered in Cork, flooding gets the attention while it is still fresh in people’s minds. “There have been calls for a public flood warning system for more than 20 years.

Source: Irish Examiner February 03, 2026 02:27 UTC