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#TRAIN<\/a> #ENT<\/a>\u2757Due to flooding on the line between Belfast & Dublin, a reduced timetable is in place today, Friday January 30th.<\/p>\n Bus transfers will operate to Newry- please allow extra time for your journey.<\/p>\n \u2139\ufe0f Click here for further details \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/t.co\/nTtZDuNYJ6<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Enterprise Train (@EnterpriseTrain) January 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The Enterprise train between Belfast and Dublin is operating on a reduced timetable due to flooding on the line.<\/p>\n Bus transfers are in place between Newry and Belfast.<\/p>\n \u00d3rla Ryan – 26 minutes ago<\/p>\n \u27a1\ufe0fRain in Ulster this morning, scattered heavy showers elsewhere\u2614\ufe0f \u2014 Met \u00c9ireann (@MetEireann) January 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n More flooding is expected, particularly in the east and south east, as heavy rain moves across Leinster and east Munster on Friday afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n \u201cSome thunderstorms are possible too,\u201d Met \u00c9ireann has said.<\/p>\n \u201cScattered showers will continue in other areas. With saturated ground conditions and high river levels, further localised flooding is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n Highest temperatures will range from 7 to 10 degrees.<\/p>\n \u00d3rla Ryan – 49 minutes ago<\/p>\n Warning for drivers<\/p>\n There will be an increased number of Garda checkpoints on the roads over the bank holiday weekend.<\/p>\n Garda Supt Liam Geraghty has encouraged road users to take extra care and for all drivers to slow down.<\/p>\n \u201cThis weekend is going to be very, very challenging, right across the country, even if you\u2019re outside of the counties which have yellow rain warning,\u201d he told Morning Ireland.<\/p>\n \u201cEverywhere around the country at the moment is very, very wet. Our roads are very wet and, because of that, there will be additional muck. There may also be debris from wind and trees and branches on our roads. <\/p>\n \u201cSo, the starting point is for everybody to slow down. If you\u2019re driving at a slower speed, you have a better capacity to react to dangers on the road as they happen in front of you.\u201d<\/p>\n Supt Geraghty also advised against driving through roads blocked with water.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you\u2019re coming across a road that is blocked with water, don\u2019t take the chance … At very least, you may damage your vehicle with floodwater damage. At the very worst, you may not have to be rescued by the emergency services, who are already quite busy this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n Supt Geraghty warned people against using their phones while driving, saying this is a big distraction which can cause accidents. <\/p>\n He said garda\u00ed have in the past also come across \u201cmen shaving, women applying makeup, doing all sorts of things behind the wheel of the car, besides concentrating on the actual driving\u201d.<\/p>\n More flooding expected<\/p>\n Linda Hughes, a meteorologist with Met \u00c9ireann, said more flooding is expected in some areas today.<\/p>\n Speaking to RT\u00c9 Radio\u2019s Morning Ireland, she said: \u201cWe\u2019ve had very high accumulations of rainfall in the past couple of weeks. And obviously we\u2019ve seen the severe flooding in some places as well. <\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s been no break since Storm Chandra and another spell of rain is coming in. So, while rivers did decrease, further rain on top of that now, again, is going to cause some further issues.\u201d<\/p>\n In term of Friday\u2019s weather, Ms Hughes said \u201canother band of rain is expected to move up from the south east, and that will spread across most of Leinster and into eastern parts of Munster as well\u201d. <\/p>\n The seven counties which will be under a status yellow rain warning from midday until midnight – Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow and Waterford – are expected to be worst impacted.<\/p>\n \u201cThirty or 40 millimeters in these areas, possibly a little bit higher than that, particularly over higher elevations,\u201d Ms Hughes said.<\/p>\n \u201cIn mountainous areas, we could see some accumulations higher than that. This spell of rain will be a quite persistent spell of rain, rather than showers. So, it is going to be really a wet afternoon and evening right across the region.\u201d<\/p>\n Yellow rain warning issued<\/p>\n \u2757\ufe0fTiming update\u26a0\ufe0fRain Warning\ud83d\udfe1\ud83c\udf27\ufe0f<\/p>\n \u27a1\ufe0fCarlow Dublin Kilkenny Louth Wexford Wicklow Waterford \u203c\ufe0fWater has limited capacity to soak into the ground, so runoff may increase quickly especially in low lying or poorly drained areas\u26a0\ufe0f<\/p>\n \u2139\ufe0fhttps:\/\/t.co\/w5QtJ1UyEP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/h5UiVU9vVf<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Met \u00c9ireann (@MetEireann) January 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Met \u00c9ireann has issued a status yellow rain warning for seven counties: Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow and Waterford.<\/p>\n The warning will be in effect from noon on Friday until midnight. <\/p>\n Further heavy rain and showers falling on already saturated ground, combined with high river levels, will lead to localised flooding and difficult travel conditions.<\/p>\n A yellow rain warning for Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry has been in effect since midnight. It will remain in place until 6pm on Friday.<\/p>\n Spells of heavy rain will lead to some transport disruption and flooding in places, the UK Met Office said.<\/p>\n As we brace for more rain today and over the weekend, researchers at Maynooth University have given some insights into Storm Chandra.<\/p>\n Climate change made the flooding earlier this week almost three times more likely to occur, analysts have told Caroline O\u2019Doherty, our Climate and Science Correspondent.<\/p>\n The researchers said the high volume of rain that fell in the seven days up to and including Storm Chandra turned the heavy but \u201cnot particularly remarkable\u201d rainfall into a \u201cdevastating\u201d flood event.<\/p>\n They found the magnitude of the rainfall over the full week was 9 per cent greater than it would have been in the cooler Earth that existed before climate change.<\/p>\n \u201cWe would have expected similar seven-day rainfall to happen once in every 150 years,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n Read their full insights here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\u27a1\ufe0fHeavy rain will move into SW around midday & spread across most of Leinster & E Munster this afternoon & evening, isolated thunder possible\ud83c\udf27\ufe0f
\u27a1\ufe0fFurther localised flooding is possible\u26a0\ufe0f
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Garda Supt Liam Geraghty has encouraged drivers to slow down this weekend. Photograph: Sam Boal\/Collins <\/p>\n
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