{"id":274098,"date":"2026-01-31T17:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T17:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/274098\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T17:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T17:56:10","slug":"clean-up-continues-in-ireland-following-latest-flooding-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/274098\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean-up continues in Ireland following latest flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Racing at Leopardstown was cancelled on Saturday<\/p>\n

Jonathan McCambridge, Press Association<\/p>\n

16:58, 31 Jan 2026<\/p>\n

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A resident puts items in a skip in Enniscorthy Co. Wexford which experienced more flooding last night after Storm Chandra. (Image: Niall Carson\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n

Clean-up operations are continuing in parts of Ireland where homes and roads have been impacted by flooding.<\/p>\n

Parts of Co Wexford remain among the worst-hit areas following further overnight rain.<\/p>\n

There was a landslide at Our Lady\u2019s Island and the public were advised to avoid the area.<\/p>\n

Racing at Leopardstown was cancelled on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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A car passes the scene of a landslide caused by heavy rain at Lady’s Island in Co Wexford. (Image: Niall Carson\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n

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George O’Connor in his house in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford which experienced more flooding last night after Storm Chandra. (Image: Niall Carson\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n

A status yellow rainfall warning for counties Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Louth, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow expired at midnight.<\/p>\n

However, further rain is expected over the bank holiday weekend.<\/p>\n

It comes as communities in south Dublin and Wexford \u2013 such as Enniscorthy and Bunclody \u2013 were left reeling after flooding during the week, forcing families to flee their homes and damaging businesses.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Saturday, Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said there needed to be better communication with the public of extreme weather events.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cWe recognise that weather is getting much more difficult, that we\u2019re going to have to find ways to communicate and recognise the challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very sorry situation to have this level of climate change where we\u2019re seeing these impacts but we\u2019re going to have to develop a way in which we communicate more effectively with people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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