Status yellow thunder warning in effect from Met Éireann

Met Éireann issued the yellow weather warning for the south-west. Picture: PA

A status yellow thunder warning is coming into effect this afternoon for parts of the South-West.

The warning is valid until 6am on Sunday morning and is in place for Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois, Wexford, Offaly, Galway, Mayo and Roscommon and the Munster province.