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Tuesday 6 June 2023 Dublin: 11°C

# What the fliuch

Last year
2022
# What the fliuch
Status Orange rain warning in place for five counties from tonight
Heavy rain is forecast in Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Wicklow and Wexford.
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# What the fliuch
A bunch of students have created the 'world's first' porn magazine as Gaeilge
And I thought to myself, what the Fliuch?
# What the fliuch
Wind, rain and more wind: Met Éireann has issued another weather warning
Don’t get blown away out there.
# What the fliuch
PHOTOS: Drivers rescued from cars as flash flooding hits back roads
Heavy rain followed by more heavy rain. Excellent.
# Quiz
Will You Ever Be Ready For The Bloody Rain?
Are you destined to be soggy-socked forever?
# What the fliuch
Rainfall warnings and high tides: the weather is going to get Biblical today
Get the anoraks ready.
# What the fliuch
Met Éireann is warning that there may be some flooding today
It’s going to be windy and wet. For a change.
# What the fliuch
Here's how that storm looked above Ireland last night - in tweets and maps
How are the heads this morning?
# What the fliuch
It's about to rain so hard that Met Éireann has issued a weather warning
BUT IT’S THE WEEKEND. THIS ISN’T FAIR.
# wet and wild
Hurricane Bertha will miss us, but other possible storms are 'being monitored'
The weather system is going to “lose its tropical characteristics,” apparently.
# fliuch
Irish summer: Dublin hardest hit by flooding as east soaked by torrential rain overnight
It’s wellies and umbrellas for the start of the Bank Holiday weekend.
# What the fliuch
Flooding begins to subside after heavy rain burst hits Cork
The rain is going to continue this evening. Sorry, Corkonians.
# What the fliuch
Why does Google's homepage say today is the first day of spring?
Let’s clear this up.
# What the fliuch
Stormageddon: Ok folks, you know the drill by now…
Parts of Ireland will be battered by Atlantic storms today. Sorry.
# hold onto your hats
Batten down the hatches: Storm-force winds batter the country
It’s pretty windy out there this morning.
# Gone Fishin
Making The Most of It Pic of the Day
These lads in Co Louth are fishing for compliments, surely…
# What the fliuch
Road closures, clean-ups... and bad weather set to continue
Many roads around coastal areas have been affected by the bad weather. We have the latest from around the country.
# orange alert
Stormwatch: Over 7,000 homes without power, floods and high tides
Met Éireann releases new alert for this afternoon as wild weather set to continue.
# What the fliuch
Orange Alert in place as country braces for gale force winds
Met Éireann has warned there will be no letup in the strong winds which have hit over the past week. Sorry.
# sand bags
Flood warnings as high tides expected in Cork and Dublin
Sand bags are being put in place at locations prone to flooding.
# What the fliuch
Baby, it's wet outside: December weather turns... December-y
That’s Ireland buried somewhere under all that rain.
# What the fliuch?
Quick! Take in the washing, it's coming
Don’t let the wet and windy weather ruin your bank holiday weekend.
9 things you never knew about Irish weather
Led Zepplin, Ireland’s Big Wind, Cromwell’s death…
# Rain
PIC: It's pretty grim weather over Ireland right now
And there’s more rain on the way
# What the fliuch?
Climate change is making Ireland warmer (yay!) and wetter (boo!)
Five reports on how Ireland is coping with climate change have been published by the EPA, finding that the country is wetter and warmer and that plants and animals are being affected.
# What the fliuch?
Life in the wettest village on Earth (including indoor clouds and 467 inches of rain)
“Sure, it rains a lot, but we are used to it. We just wait it out.”
# What the fliuch?
Bring your raincoat today: Orange alert issued for heavy rainfall
Rain, rain and more rain. We miss the heatwave.
# Weather watch
Oh dear... there's a risk of more flash flooding today
Showers will be heavy in some parts of the country today, with scattered thunderstorms expected. And as for tomorrow…
# Donegal
Letterkenny Hospital partially evacuated after flooding destroys ground floor
A crisis management plan is now in operation but the hospital does not expect to be in a position to reopen its Emergency Department tonight.
# What the fliuch?
Your pics: Flooding (and a rainbow) in Dublin after "intense" thunderstorms
Dublin City Council said that it has mobilised drainage crews, and will monitor the drainage network throughout the evening.
# Weather
Heavy and thundery downpours forecast tonight with rain and sun tomorrow
A mixed bag of weather is forecast in the coming days.
# What the fliuch?
Floods and downpours! This is the scene in Galway city this afternoon
Well, it was good while it lasted.
# RIP Summer 2013
GIF: Ireland is swallowed whole by a terrifying rain demon
We, for one, welcome our new precipitous overlords.
# RIP Summer 2013
Good morning, here is the picture which confirms that summer is over
You’re going to need that umbrella today because rain and a bit more rain is forecast.
# RIP Summer 2013
The GIF that shows Ireland's heatwave coming to an end
Looks like rain, Ted.
# What the fliuch?
You think it rains a lot in Ireland now. Wait till you hear about 2345BC...
New evidence has shown that Ireland experienced 20 years of non-stop rain in 2345BC, around the same time as Noah’s great flood.
# Electricity
Helicopters used to dispatch crews as 900 homes in North still without power
Customers in rural and exposed areas are still without power following the heavy snowfall in the North last week.
# Brrrrr!
Ireland escapes overnight rain but weather warning continues
Some parts of Leinster and Ulster remain under a weather warning from Met Éireann until this afternoon.
# Weather
No more rain? Met Éireann says 'most of tomorrow will be dry'
There will be some showers in the east by the meteorological service says we may even see some sun tomorrow afternoon. Sun? What’s that?
# Your Say
Poll: Are you happy with how your council manages flood risks?
Heavy flooding around Ireland, particularly in Blackpool in Cork, has left locals angry at the level of council warnings.