Strong winds and heavy rainfall are expected across much of Ireland on Sunday, with yellow weather warnings in place for all coastal counties across Ireland.
A Met Éireann status yellow warning for counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow and Waterford expired at 10am on Friday but a status yellow marine warning for all Irish coasts remained in place until midday.
Atlantic coastal counties may experience heavy and isolated thunderstorms and hail on Friday night but it will be mostly dry and clear in the east of the country.
Saturday is expected to be a bright day with plenty of sunshine and mild temperatures reaching between 10 and 12 degrees.
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However, the wet and windy weather is forecast to return on Sunday. Met Éireann has issued a status yellow wind and rain warning for counties Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Waterford, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Wexford and Wicklow, from 2am to 3pm.
The forecaster has warned of difficult travel conditions, along with the possibility of localised flooding, fallen trees, loose debris and poor visibility.
A status yellow wind warning will be in place for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo from 3pm on Sunday until midnight.
There is a yellow wind warning in place for counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry from 3am to 3pm on Sunday.
ESB Networks said it has experienced a small number of outages following strong winds on Thursday and Friday morning. It said 1,000 customers are without supply as a result of a medium voltage fault in Jenkinstown, Co Louth.
