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Met Éireann / TwitterWet & extremely windy weather developing overnight: some heavy rainfall, especially in the SW & W. Lows 5-6C, but rising when the rain comes
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) January 25, 2016
MET ÉIREANN HAS issued four weather warnings for tonight and early tomorrow, with widespread rain and heavy winds on the way to Ireland.
A wind warning, a rainfall warning and a general weather advisory will all come into effect late tonight and last throughout the night into tomorrow afternoon, with coastal flooding a strong possibility.
A Status Yellow wind warning has been issued for tonight, with south to southwest winds expected to reach speeds of 60 to 65km/h, with gusts of 100 to 110km/h expected. Winds could reach higher speeds in exposed Atlantic coastal areas.
On top of this, a Status Yellow rain warning will also come into effect at midnight tonight for west Munster, Connacht and Donegal, with falls of 30 to 40mm expected.
A Status Orange marine warning is also in effect, with gale force winds developing overnight and early tomorrow on all coasts of Ireland and the Irish Sea.
Weather advisory warnings
The heavy rainfall and strong winds as well as high-tides have prompted Met Éireann to issue an advisory for the coastal counties of Wexford, Galway, Mayo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Waterford.
From the website:
A combination of strong onshore winds, high tides and heavy rain brings the enhanced risk of coastal flooding overnight Monday and on Tuesday morning to exposed coastal areas.
Meanwhile, the gardaí and local councils have issued warnings, telling people to stay safe and exercise caution in the weather.
An Garda Síochána / TwitterHeavy rain & gale force winds expected esp SW & Western areas tonight. Pls take care @ coastal areas. Ensure all lights are working, BE SEEN
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) January 25, 2016
Cork County Council / Twitter#WeatherAlert via @mapalerter:
— Cork County Council (@Corkcoco) January 25, 2016
"Combination of strong onshore winds,high tides& heavy rain brings risk of c..."https://t.co/zqfbgVaO1q
Clare County Council / TwitterMet Eireann are urging land, home and business owners in flood prone locations along the coast to remain vigilant over the coming 24 hours
— Clare County Council (@ClareCoCo) January 25, 2016
Clare County Council warned any owners of homes or businesses in “flood prone locations” to take extra care due to an increased risk of flooding.
Clare County Council is urging land, home and business owners in flood prone locations along the Clare coast to remain vigilant over the coming 24 hours due to a raised risk of tidal flooding.
Flooding
Spot flooding is expected in a number of areas overnight.
Tuesday morning will be wet and very windy, but the heavy rain will clear eastwards during the morning and early afternoon.
While brighter conditions will develop during the afternoon and early evening, heavy rain will develop again tomorrow night with strong winds.
Unsettled weather will continue until Friday.
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Imagine how much more is out there ! Who the hell do these so called citizens think they are ? PAYE workers they ain’t ! These idiots give the private sector a bad name and this fuels the false divide between public/private that the government loves to foster through its media lackeys in RTE !
Couldn’t have been said any better
Easy for PAYE sector to crow because when they lose a job they can claim unemployment benefits etc.and they never risk any capital on their job but when a person who is self employed, and perhaps employs others, goes bust through no fault of his own gets nothing – no help whatsoever, so why condemn them when they hold back a little on their taxes.
The biggest achievement of these last two governments is convincing muppets like you that it’s the PAYE/Public sector fault for everything that’s gone wrong.
When you start ranting about PAYE sector you play into their hands!!!
Aisling, you should write to Revenue and explain your case to them. I am sure they will give you a sympathetic ear and they will not laugh too loudly.
They don’t bother paying there taxs Aisling… And go out of business due to interest and penalties !! Wake up !!
It is very easy to fall into the trap of spending vat and tax when you are waiting months on cheques. It can happen very slowly. For some innocent people it is a case of surviving one month and then not earning as much the next and and then being hit with a huge tax bill from the previous year, having eaten into the tax to pay mortgage and utilities. It’s not always defrauding. It’s not always intent. And the tax/vat is not always spent on holidays and luxury goods. For some without social welfare or redundancy packages it is a temporary solution to survival.
It is always defrauding. The only way to protect yourself against this huge mistake is to see it for what it is.
It is not always defrauding. That would mean it is always an intent. For your clarification in many cases the arrears are paid back, albeit slowly. And let’s face it the Revenue do very well on interests and penalties – another crippling problem for the self employed. There is a huge difference between those who have no intention of paying and those who cannot pay it at that time and who keep hoping for things to turn around so they can pay.
Will Des Richardson be going to jail like the garlic vat evasion man. What’s that you say, oh he has friends in fianna fail!
Would we have seen Des Richardson on the defaulters list if Fianna Fail were still in power?
You have hit the nail on the head there!!
The smell of FF, lingers on!
With ongoing austerity The fact is the local SME sector is on its knees, keeping people in jobs is no easy task, PAYE shouldn’t complain,they receive a special PAYE allowance of 1.6k which self employed are not entitled to, i’m thinking there must be an equality issue with that?
Dont buy your beef in waterford,sure to be full of horse to cover tax bill lol
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