Met Éireann

Mixed conditions forecast for the Easter bank holiday weekend

Low pressure will bring further showers or longer spells of rain at times

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Met Éireann says it will be cooler at night with mist and fog clearing each morning

Clear blue skies will mean cooler nights

Proposals follow Storm Éowyn, which left 760,000 homes without power and some customers waiting weeks for restoration

Sunny and warm days with light winds predicted in short and longer-term forecasts

Dublin and the rest of the country looks set for plenty of sunshine throughout week, according to Met Éireann

Largely dry conditions due in the week ahead

Forecaster says occasional showers are expected in the coming days but overall plenty of dry weather

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Warning runs from this afternoon until 2pm tomorrow

Payments totalling €3.8 million after in 2023 Storm Babet next highest sum after an extreme weather event

A brisk, easterly breeze will make St Patrick’s Day feel cold

Little rain forecast for coming days but any that falls overnight could land as sleet or snow

Met Éireann said that the high pressure will bring plenty of dry weather overall, with a small sprinkling of rain

Storm Éowyn brought hurricane-force winds while temperatures in December and February were above average

Average February temperatures rose as Gale Force winds hit

Cold night on Saturday will give way to settled weather for most of the country early next week

Wind warning in place for five counties in northwest

Rain and wind expected overnight, with warnings also issued for Northern Ireland

Sunshine on Saturday will make way for more wet and windy weather on Sunday

Cork, Kerry, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow and Waterford all subject to wind warnings on Friday

Jet stream is to blame, with a blocking system shutting out the sun

Unsettled weather looks likely to extend into next week, Met Éireann says

Cork and Waterford expected to see heavy rain overnight and into St Valentine’s Day

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Hurricane force 12 winds hit Mace Head and Malin Head on January 24th

Met Éireann predicts thermometers could dip as low as -3 on Friday and into the weekend

Irish primary schoolchildren have been taught for generation that spring begins on February 1st

‘We’re not resilient to today’s climate,‘ says expert as State and utility companies face greater pressure to prepare for stormier weather

Meteorologists believe Mace Head was hit by a storm spike during Storm Éowyn, a violent eddy of wind that recorded the highest wind speed ever in Ireland of 183km/h

Repair crews from Austria, Finland arrive to assist ESB in restoring power

Up to 100,000 customers likely to be without power for the rest of the week

Spanish-named Storm Herminia is set to approach Ireland in the next few days but will not be as significant as Storm Éowyn

Extensive damage to buildings across the country as storm brings record-breaking gusts

ESB says some people will face a week without power following ‘unprecedented’ damage

Record-breaking winds at Mace Head may be down to a relatively rare meterological phenomenon

Reports of damage to electricity and telecoms infrastructure with some 20,000 homes and businesses hit by power outages

Status red warning has passed for capital with fire crews clearing fallen trees and some public transport services resuming