Weather “similar to a lunar eclipse” in Sligo

A status yellow thunderstorm warning is now in place for all of Connacht, Donegal, and other parts of the country.

Meanwhile the entire country remains under a yellow high temperature advisory.

A couple of hundred homes and businesses are without power after intense thunder and lightning hit last night.

Speaking at Streedagh Beach, Fianna Fáil Councillor for Sligo-Drumcliff Donal Gilroy says conditions overnight were volatile…