The alert is in place until midnight
Met Eireann have issued a new Status Yellow rain and thunderstorm warning for 12 counties as miserable conditions are set to hit.
And a wet and dreary weekend is expected in most areas with the worst showers in the north, although there will be some brighter sunnier spells in the middle of the country. "Heavy showers continuing tonight, merging into longer spells of rain at times across the northern half of the country. Drier further south. Lowest temperatures of 12 to 14 degrees in moderate to fresh westerly winds, strong on western coasts.
However conditions will remain mixed and "unsettled" as the week goes on, with some showers returning as we head into the weekend.
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