Weather Dublin

The weather warning issued for Cork and Kerry has been downgraded to status yellow. An orange warning for Waterford remains in place.

"The roof in the Dáil Chamber sprung a leak and down came drops of water. A status orange thunderstorm warning is currently in place for Limerick, Waterford, Kilkenny and Tipperary. “The tender documentation for the procurement and appointment of a contractor was issued in September 2021 with a return date of January 24, 2022,” it said. “Unfortunately, Cork City Council was not in a position to appoint a contractor for the works on foot of this procurement process. There was hope when it was confirmed in January 2021 by the Minister for Public Expenditure, and tender documents were issued later that year. Ushers have been coming in and out of the Chamber and keeping an eye on the situation. But the OPW has now confirmed that new tenders for the scheme will be issued before the end of the year. An orange rainfall warning is now in place across Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow, prompting advice from the authorities in Cork last night to those in flood-risk areas to deploy sandbags. The roof of the Dáil chamber is leaking… There were no personnel in the vicinity of the turbine so no risk to life. GE Renewables said the Coast Guard had been notified and have issued a Radio Navigation Warning to alert vessels in the area. An afternoon of intense thunderstorms has resulted in damage being caused to a wind turbine off the coast of Wicklow.

A wind turbine has been left smouldering off the Wicklow coast after being struck by lightning as thunderstorms hit Ireland.

Saturday’s rain in north-western areas will gradually clear during the day with most areas getting some dry and bright weather, breezy with highs of 14C to 17C. Once weather conditions permit and we can access the site safely, we will start working to determine the root cause of this event.” This is especially important on high-speed roads such as dual carriageways and motorways where there is increased danger of aquaplaning.” Flooded roads that appear shallow could be deeper than you think. “If the road ahead is flooded choose another route: do not attempt to drive through it. The Coast Guard has been notified.

In a turn of events, smoke could be seen off the Wicklow coast where a wind turbine went alight, as Met Eireann updated a Status Rain Orange Alert before ...

A turbine of Wicklow was seemingly hit by lightning and could be seen with smoke billowing from it at lunchtime. Tonight bands of showers will continue to track up over the north of the country early in the night with a continued risk of localised flooding. “Sadly one of the offshore wind turbines off the Arklow coast appears to have been struck by lightning with smoke billowing from it.” The company are dealing with the incident and the Coast Guard have issued a Radio Navigation Warning to alert vessels in the area.” “There were no personnel in the vicinity of the turbine so no risk to life. A member of the public was able to take a photograph of the burning turbine.

Torrential rain and continuous rolling thunder could be heard across the capital as the strongest thunderstorm heard in the city for some time took hold. Many ...

Despite the amazing scenes last night, we're expected to have a dry day across Dublin. Many shared their surprise and amazement as scenes similar to a movie lit up the sky. [Dublin Live Newsletter](https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/sign-up-newsletter-today-17954403) to get all the latest Dublin news straight to your inbox. Met Eireann says: "Thursday will be mainly dry. [Met Eireann](https://www.dublinlive.ie/all-about/met-eireann) said more thunderstorms were likely in the early hours of the morning but that the weather would clear. [weather](https://www.dublinlive.ie/all-about/weather) event.

Many flights suffered delays as a status orange thunderstorm warning caused significant disruption at Dublin Airport while others were forced to divert to ...

Other flights were diverted from the following destinations; Berlin, Frankfurt, Vienna (two flights), Chicago and Milan.” Shannon Airport facilitated nine diversions in total. The first of these flights arrived from London Heathrow at 12.50pm today.

"So at the minute there's nobody here at Tenerife airport who are communicating at all about the Aer Lingus flight. They just keep saying keep an eye on the ...

There were about 15 kids on the flight heading to the matches, and they were not teens, they were young kids. If we stayed on the flight, by the time we got into Manchester Airport there was no chance we were getting to Anfield on time to even see a little bit of the match." The Ryanair flight heading to Manchester at 10.35am eventually left its gate in Dublin after 6pm yesterday evening and arrived into Manchester just after 7pm. One passenger on board the flight said that there was barely any communication from Ryanair except for a €4 food and drink voucher. Eventually passengers received a text confirming the flight was cancelled and that a recovery flight would be operating today at 1.35pm. It eventually took off from the runway at 6.26pm. When we got off the flight there was at least six people who decided to leave at that time. As a result, the flights to and from Tenerife have been rescheduled to tomorrow. [Spain](https://www.dublinlive.ie/all-about/spain) last night and children heartbroken after potentially missing out on Premier League football matches in Liverpool and Manchester due to the thunderstorms at [Dublin Airport](https://www.dublinlive.ie/all-about/dublin-airport) yesterday. "So at the minute there's nobody here at Tenerife airport who are communicating at all about the Aer Lingus flight. So obviously the plane we're supposed to get on hasn't even left Dublin. While attempts were made to depart at a later time, the decision was eventually made to cancel the flight completely leaving those waiting on it to arrive in Tenerife stranded in Spain overnight.

Spectacular footage has circulated social media overnight, showing the Dublin skyline lit up from lightning as a result of a huge thunderstorm.

😳😳😳😳😳— ☠️1,2 Grace is coming for you (@frillyflossy) [pic.twitter.com/xxxAuCZywZ] [October 19, 2022] This is Rathcoole! [Met Eireann](http://www.met.ie) said: 'Thursday will be mainly dry. [pic.twitter.com/ir99n1GbKp] [October 19, 2022] There may be isolated showers.