Surface water levels increased in parts of counties Wexford and Kilkenny overnight as heavy rainfall persisted into the early hours of this morning.
The rainfall led to road closures in places while more homes and businesses have been impacted.
A status yellow rainfall warning for counties Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Louth, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow expired at midnight, as the clean-up operation now gets under way.
Council crews will this morning begin to assess the impact of this latest round of inclement weather.
Parts of south Co Wexford appear to have suffered worst from the late night/early morning conditions.
A number of properties flooded in Bridgetown despite Wexford County Council’s efforts to pump water since yesterday evening.
In Our Lady’s Island, lake levels breached the bank in the village, and the road there is flooded.
While in Enniscorthy, the quays have reopened to traffic after being closed for a time overnight, with just The Promenade now remaining closed due to flooding.
Flooding in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny
Several homes and businesses in parts of Co Kilkenny, including Graiguenamanagh, Inistioge and Thomastown remained under several metres of water last night after the rivers Barrow and Nore burst their banks.
The relevant authorities will now be hoping for a reprieve in the rainy conditions of recent days to allow river levels to go down, and the damage caused be fully inspected.
However, further unsettled weather is expected for most of the long weekend.
Meanwhile, Wexford County Council said multiple roads were closed across the county due to flooding following bad weather conditions.
The council said there were “accumulations of water on roads across the county” yesterday.
The council advised road users to travel “with extreme caution” over the next 24 hours.
“Even where rivers are not currently overflowing, the risk of flooding remains very high over the next 24 hours,” it added.
Carlow County Council had said the River Burren is almost at record levels this morning.
The local authority is now advising people living along low-lying parts of the river, which have been prone to flooding in the past, to move valuable items to upper floors and to be prepared.
Chief Executive of Carlow County Council CoilÃn O’Reilly has said: “We are doing everything we can but we are now approaching record river levels that are rising with more rain on the way.”
He added that crews have been working through the night to protect homes in the vulnerable areas of Carlow Town by pumping.
Mr O’Reilly said: “We continue to be on high alert for the rivers Burren and Barrow in Carlow Town.
“Crews continue to over pump in Tullow on the River Slaney and are prepared for another rise in levels today on foot of rainfall last night.
“Monitoring of the River Derry in Clonegal is continuing and additional sandbags were provided last night in the village.
“Our roads crews are responding to additional incidents where roads have been flooded, and they are closing roads where required,
“Again, we ask road users not to pass ‘road closed’ or ‘road flooded’ signs, and do not drive into flood waters,” he added.
Horse Racing cancelled
Horse Racing Ireland has said that following an inspection earlier today, the course at Leopardstown in Dublin was found to be unfit for racing due to waterlogging and the meeting scheduled for today is cancelled.
They said that this meeting now transfers to Monday, 2 February, and original declarations stand.
In order to allow Leopardstown to race on Monday, the Punchestown Meeting, originally scheduled for Monday now transfers to Wednesday 4 February with declarations to run to be made by 10am on Monday.
Meanwhile the Government is to increase the amount of money available to small businesses affected by Storm Chandra which cannot get flood insurance from €20,000 to €100,000.
It will be signed off by the Cabinet in the coming days, potentially during an incorporeal meeting before the weekly Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.