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

Fine Gael has banned a second party candidate from taking part in the Irish Examiner European election debate in Cork amid fears that their involvement could damage sitting MEP Deirdre Clune’s re-election chances.

It will be dry and sunny again today but temperatures will start dropping slightly after reaching a high of 32ºC on Thursday.

So here’s a thing: There are three counties left in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and three counties from the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship are still in contention to win the All-Ireland.

The renewed growth of cockfighting in Britain is a reminder that the ways of the past are not easily shaken, writes Paul Rouse.

If you are heading out on the roads in the next 24 hours, watch out for snow and ice.

Storm Brian has caused some flooding and travel disruption across the country, with gusts of more than 100km/h.

Increasing live cattle exports is still seen by farmers as the primary way to boost Ireland’s beef sector.

If you didn’t realise summer had ended, you’ll soon notice this weekend.

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Here's your morning news bulletin.

A campaign for Ireland’s first flying doctor service is under way for Munster and south Leinster where a signature red helicopter is touching down on islands, peninsulas, and renowned football stadiums from Enniscorthy to Killarney to Cape Clear.

A €200m project is to create 23 solar farms in the south and south east of the country, leading to 2,000 jobs during construction and 60 full-time positions on completion.

You may have noticed a bit of frost on your car windscreen this morning.

Kilkenny’s five-star Lyrath Hotel has just been sold for well over €20m to an Irish consortium of buyers who plan to invest further in the 170-acre resort investment, which was developed at a boom-time cost of €50m.

Joe Healy has been elected as President of the IFA on the first count.

GOOD profit levels are now recorded at Kilkenny’s Lyrath Estate hotel and spa on 170 pastoral acres, up for sale a decade after it opened at a development cost of €50m.

Flood-hit areas are facing more misery with further heavy rain due at least into the middle of next week, followed by another round of rising river levels and many more weeks of cleaning up ahead.

Met Eireann have issued a Status Yellow weather warning for parts of the country today.

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YOU want a slice of Ireland today? Come to Carrigaline. Down on Main St, the Turkish barber has closed up and left town.

Met Éireann is expected to issue a red alert as gale force winds of up to 130km/h, high tides, rain, sleet, hail, and thunder hit the country this weekend.

Members of the public made 35,000 submissions during the first public consultations on the €500m Gridlink electricity project.

Garret FitzGerald’s love of statistics shines through even after death in his newly published analysis of school attendance in Ireland almost 200 years ago.

Although some parts of the country are covered by cloud today, Met Éireann says there is more sunshine on the way.

Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Éireann is planning to build a €500,000 “centre of excellence” in a Co Cork village which, it is envisaged, will spawn a money-spinning touring Riverdance-type show focusing on ancient Irish music and dance.

The Cork region cannot allow the delays which have frustrated the development of the Corrib gas field hamper the potential of Ireland’s first commercial oil find at Barryroe, Cork Chamber president John Mullins declared yesterday.

Met Éireann says a storm due to hit tomorrow could be as bad as the infamous "Hurricane Charlie" of 1986.

Householders and businesses are bracing themselves for heavy rain with up to 1.6in (40mm) forecast along the east coast overnight.

Met Éireann has issued a weather warning for tonight as heavy rain is expected to lead to localised flooding in some areas.

It may be the first day of May but anybody expecting summer weather should think again or book a last-minute holiday.

If you’re thinking of starting a business, the south midlands region of north Munster and south Leinster is the safest place to do so.

SHOW jumper Denis Lynch has risen to second in the Rolex World Cup league table following his fifth place with Abbervail van het Dingeshof in Mechelen, Belgium, yesterday.

REIGNING champions Wexford put their All-Ireland senior camogie title on the line when they face Cork in this afternoon’s semi-final in Nowlan Park (4pm).

VERY little rain has fallen in many parts of the south since early August.