National weather warning in affect from tonight
A yellow weather warning is in affect for the country from 11pm tonight. The warning is for snow and ice and will remain in place until 6am Monday morning. Met Eireann are warning that scattered thundery showers of hail, sleet and snow could fall. They say this can lead to…
Weather warning in place in Donegal until 11am
Storm Dylan is moving away from Ireland but there’s still a risk of coastal flooding. The storm has battered parts of Ulster, Connacht and north Leinster overnight with gusts of up to 130 kilometres an hour. A status yellow weather warning remains in place for Co. Donegal until 11am this…
Status yellow snow-ice weather warning remains in place for Co. Sligo and Co. Leitrim
A status yellow snow-ice weather warning is remaining in place until 11pm tonight for Counties Sligo and Leitrim. Southern parts of Co. Leitrim were hit with snowfall overnight making travel hazardous in parts this morning. Sligo County Council are advising the public to be prepared in the event of heavy…
Significant rain expected for the North West overnight
Counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal are expected to receive significant rain over the course of today and the warning remains until Saturday night at 9pm. Parts of the North West were effected by flash flooding yesterday evening and earlier this week with Storm Ophelia and with the expected rainfall, this…
UPDATE 7.30PM – Hurricane Ophelia: Clear advice sought for schools in status orange areas
McDonald & Son Dial A Bus Sligo (McDonald & Son Dial A Bus Sligo) will NOT be operating any of their bus services including school buses tomorrow morning. The Ursuline College, Sligo trip to Delphi Adventure Centre in Mayo is cancelled tomorrow but the school open as normal tomorrow morning.…
National Emergency Group is meeting today to prepare for Storm Ophelia
The National Emergency Group is outlining their plans to prepare for Hurricane Ophelia this afternoon. Met Eireann has issued two weather warnings for tomorrow as the tail end of the hurricane is expected to bring severe weather conditions across Ireland. Ophelia has reached category two status but is forecast to…
People warned of flash flooding as weather warning remains in place
A Status Yellow Rainfall Warning for Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo and Mayo is in place until 2pm today (13th). There are reports of a lot of surface water on the main N16 Sligo to Enniskillen road and there are reports of flooding at Drumcliffe on the N15 Sligo Bundoran road as…