Spot flooding in Kerry as heavy rain sweeps across Ireland

The forecaster has warned of "heavy" bands of rain, which in turn may lead to "localised flooding" in parts of the country.

Large amounts of surface water and spot flooding has affected one Kerry town, after heavy rain spells caused havoc across Ireland.

A status yellow rain warning  came into effect at 2am this morning, but has since been lifted for 14 of the 32 counties.