Met Éireann have issued a status yellow rainfall warning for three counties.

Kya deLongchamps says it’s time to bail out that household water waste before further changes to water policy sink your plans with a major bill.

Good news for those fearing that summer was all too brief. Met Eireann has released a national weather forecast for the next week and the warm weather doesn't seem to be going anywhere.

The warning came into effect at 7am and will be in place until 6am tomorrow.

Anyone hoping for sunshine on the Bank Holiday weekend will be disappointed as there is plenty of rain predicted by Met Éireann.

Last years’ beaten Fitzgibbon Cup finalists DCU Dóchas Éireann had to grind out a two-point victory over a battling home side at Carriganore, Waterford.

Global and national challenges are set to be explored at the local level at an inaugural autumn school in West Cork.

Transport Minister Shane Ross is being urged to “get on with” resolving the Iarnród Éireann pay dispute after being accused of being more interested in sending tweets about Manchester United and “fantasy” North Korean trips than his own job.

A Met Éireann weather warning is in effect as Hurricane Ophelia heads towards Ireland.

Met Éireann is warning of strong winds and heavy rain today.

Disabilities Minister Finian McGrath officially opened a €2.1m Children and Adult Services Centre in West Cork but not before receiving a good-natured earful from service users in relation to disability issues.

Bus Éireann Workers are backing Labour Court recommendations aimed at ending a long-running dispute at the company.

Gerald Fleming may be gone from our TV screens, but he’s as busy as ever generating forecasts from Met Éireann HQ. Jonathan deBurca Butler visits on World Meteorological Day.

The National Transport Authority has been accused of having an agenda “which is clearly supportive of the privatisation of transport services”.

The country’s bus and rail services are both on the brink of collapse after Iarnród Éireann revealed it remains “one mis-step away from insolvency”.

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Met Éireann has warned the public to expect winds of up to 120km/h today.

The chair of the Cork County Board’s stadium business committee says the redeveloped Páirc Uí Chaoimh will be “as good a consumer experience as anything in the country.”

Even if LGBT people achieved absolute social acceptance in Ireland, the parades that inject Irish cities with a rainbow of colour would still be necessary. Brian O’Flynn explains why

There are fresh flood fears emerging, with heavy rain sweeping the country last night and most likely today.

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An anti-austerity councillor has linked the slow progress in tackling the spiralling rental and accommodation crisis to the fact that almost a quarter of all TDs are landlords.

Trade unions at Iarnród Éireann are warning of “industrial relations chaos” if the Government has to accede to European Commission demands for the opening up of the country’s rail routes to tender.

April set records for dry weather but warnings of showers and cold temperatures for the rest of May

Talks aimed at averting a two-day strike at Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus broke down at the Labour Relations Commission yesterday which means that hundreds of thousands of commuters face travel chaos this weekend.

Met Éireann has issued some lovely satellite imagery that shows the weather is ridiculously clear over the country at the moment.

More wintry showers are on the way this evening.

Iarnród Éireann is today warning rail passengers to check timetables before travelling over Christmas.

Higher temperatures are staging a comeback this week, Met Éireann has forecast.

Two people have died in a car crash in Co. Kildare.

Met Éireann has issued a new weather warning.

I’ve come across a few daft ideas in my day but the latest "brainwave" from the Government takes beating — €100 in four quarterly payments will be given to 415,000 households so they can pay their annual water charges.

Met Éireann has issued a weather warning for the country with a possibility of heavy thundery showers and localised flooding.

Met Eireann has issued a weather warning for Munster, Leinster and Connacht.

Gale force winds are set to continue over the next 48 hours with Met Éireann forecasting heavy, thundery downpours of rain and hail.

Your correspondent Richard Cotter (Letters, Jan 4) is entitled to his opinions, as I am to mine.

Transport chiefs have warned about the dangers of travelling as the latest Atlantic storm sweeps across the country.

As the bank holiday kicks off today, Met Éireann has said that the weather will remain mild but it is next week when temperatures will peak.

Just when we thought Shattergate had run out of puff, dramatic admissions forced from the justice minister saw questions about his suitability for high office splutter back to life.

There is an orange weather warning for the North, and a yellow warning for Dublin for this evening.

A group representing the rights of smokers said today that putting graphic images on cigarette packets will not put people off smoking.

Commuters face travel disruption from the weekend after Bus Éireann workers voted for strike action.

With the first few days of the new year being described as “perfect sales-shopping weather”, there seems to be no end in sight to the mild weather.

Bus and rail passengers are facing fare increases from Dec 1 after the National Transport Authority approved prices rises across the CIÉ group ranging from 2% to almost 18%.