Poor Eileen Dunne was left looking very uncomfortable on the Nine O’Clock News tonight.

Met Éireann has this afternoon issued a Status-Orange weather alert for Munster and Leinster.

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Meteorologist Siobhan Ryan has offered some words of reassurance to revellers heading to the Longitude festival in a rainy Dublin today.

Transition year students in Tipperary have taken the innovation world by storm following their hugely successful “Bicycles agus Bróga” campaign.

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

Met Eireann has weather alerts in place across the country.

Motorists are being advised to take care on the roads this morning following heavy overnight rain in many parts.

Farmers and householders were counting the cost of a mini tornado which ripped through a rural community.

Parts of Galway are left reeling today - after a mini tornado hit the east of the county last night.

Heavy rain is due to make an appearance for the Bank Holiday weekend.

Revenues have continued to decline at the Irish branch of the Church of Scientology as it remains deep in the red, figures show.

Siobhan Ryan and Padraig Power of the UCC Dance Club led students in a flash mob as part of the Rag week celebrations at University College Cork yesterday.

MET ÉIREANN insisted yesterday “the worst of the bad weather is over” after thousands of homes were left without electricity following an all-night raging storm.

REVENUES have plummeted at the Irish branch of the controversial Church of Scientology, with the church remaining deep in the red here, data shows.

Met Éireann has warned today that there is no sign of an end in the Arctic weather, with the freezing temperatures expected to hang over the country for up to a week.

The west of the country will be feeling the heat this weekend with temperatures expected to hit as high as 22 degrees.

FASTEN your seat belts – the threat to air travel from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland is likely to remain for the summer months, according to the Irish Aviation Authority.

SOMETIMES we feel we are the only country forced to endure wet and miserable weather.

UP to two years ago when cystic fibrosis began to overwhelm her, Siobhán Ryan was regarded as one of the best Irish dancers in the east Limerick parish of Pallas.

IF IT rains today then Ireland will have had 40 days of rainfall, proving the legend of St Swithin true.

THE Roses of Tralee will be blossoming this year if the forecast from Met Éireann is anything to go by.

MUSIC fans travelling to this weekend’s Oxegen Music Festival are looking forward to soaking up the atmosphere.

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