Authorities continue clean-up and investigation into flooding

Investigations are underway after two people lost their lives in overnight flooding that caused chaos in the east of the country.

The body of a 25-year-old Garda was recovered in a river in Co Wicklow this morning, while a Filipino woman in her 30s drowned in a basement that became submerged in Dublin.

Meanwhile, a major clean-up operation is continuing in Dublin as householders and business owners assess the damage from the torrential rain.

The financial cost of the widespread flooding is expected to run into millions of euro after hundreds of properties were inundated with water during last night's deluge.

Emergency services and local authorities have spent the day draining away flood waters after the equivalent of the total rainfall for October fell within a six-hour period, causing many rivers in Dublin to overflow.

Public transport services have returned to normal for the most part, with just some minor disruptions continuing.

Commuters are still facing some disruption this evening, with spot flooding and road closures in some areas.

The Dublin to Belfast Enterprise rail service between Newry and Belfast is not operating, so bus transfers are in operation.

All Irish Rail and DART services are running, with some delays although Bayside Station in Dublin remains closed.

Also in Dublin, services have been suspended on the LUAS Green Line, due to a power failure - Dublin Bus will take tickets for now.

Twenty-five--year-old Garda Ciarán Jones was swept away in Co. Wicklow while attempting to keep people safe from dangerous floods at the bridge and a Filipino woman in her 30s drowned when her basement apartment on Parnell Road in Dublin flooded.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has sympathised with both families, while Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore described their deaths as "two great tragedies".