The wind warning will come into place at midnight and will last until 6 pm on Thursday.

While the east gets the rain, sunny spells will gradually develop across western counties throughout Thursday.

Met Éireann have warned that spells of heavy rain could lead to localised flooding, poor visibility and hazardous travelling conditions.

There is a risk of flooding ‘across the country’, according to the Government’s emergency planners.

A status yellow wind warning has been issued for Wexford, Wicklow, Dublin, Meath, and Louth.

Met Éireann said rain falling on already saturated ground combined with high river levels will lead to flooding

One person blasted Met Éireann for their failure to predict heavy showers. “No rain forecast for Donabate [in Dublin] and all my washing is soaked,” they said.

Connacht, as well as counties Cavan, Donegal, and Longford, will be under a status yellow rain warning from 12pm until midnight on Sunday.

Some roads leading to Dublin Airport were closed and several apartment block basements in north Dublin were flooded overnight.

Flooding is reported in a number of areas of north Dublin

Met Éireann issued a yellow rain warning for Dublin and Wicklow.

The forecaster says temperatures will fall to as low as -3 degrees, with sharp frost and icy conditions, leading to potentially hazardous travelling conditions and disruption.

Met Éireann has forecast that temperatures will drop to minus four on Friday night, in what will be a very cold, frosty and icy night.

Temperatures are forecast to dip below freezing with an arctic blast reported to be tracking towards Ireland.

Monday will be cloudy and misty with patches of fog. Outbreaks of rain or drizzle will spread northwards to most areas through the day.

The forecaster is still warning of the continued risk of flooding in parts of the east.

It comes as the country, particularly the south east, has been battered by extensive rain over the last week.

Met Éireann’s Andrew Doran-Sherlock has also warned that just because the rain has stopped, flooding still remains a risk.

Earlier, the National Emergency Co-ordination Group (NECG) and its related subgroups met again to continue to assess the flooding situation and prepare for the risk of further flooding this week.

Kenneth Fox and Eva Osborne The National Emergency Co-ordination Group (NECG) and its related subgroups met again on Monday to continue to prepare for the risk of further flooding.

It comes as a Status Yellow rain warning is in place for a number of counties on Monday.

Met Éireann said that further heavy rain falling on saturated ground, combined with high river levels and high tides, will lead to localised flooding, river flooding and difficult travel conditions.

Cabinet will hold a special committee meeting on floods and storms in the coming days to discuss the matter

Met Éireann is warning that further heavy rain and showers falling on saturated ground, combined with high river levels, will lead to localised flooding, river flooding, and difficult travel conditions.

Met Éireann has issued a warning to Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Louth, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow.

Met Éireann is once again warning of localised and river flooding with difficult travelling conditions expected

It comes as those worst hit by floodwaters during Storm Chandra on Tuesday have been told to apply for emergency payments.

There is a yellow rain warning issued for Carlow, Kilkenny, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, and Waterford.

Met Eireann has warned of heavy rain in the south east, while the Met Office has issued an alert for Northern Ireland.

The warning is valid from 2am until 8am on Tuesday.

In Northern Ireland, the UK Met Office had issued a series of warnings, but all have been lifted.

The forecaster said areas of dense fog and freezing fog could affect visibility and create hazardous travelling conditions.

A warning has been issued for Clare, Kerry, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, and Sligo.

Roads in many parts of the country are treacherous on Monday morning after temperatures dipped to as low as minus six degrees in some places.

A status yellow snow-ice warning is in effect for Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Connacht and Louth.

Warnings are in place across the island of Ireland.

Met Éireann said it will be a cold start to New Year's Day with widespread frost and some icy stretches.

Tuesday will be bright with sunny spells in the afternoon, with top temperatures of four to eight degrees.

Any frost will clear early Saturday morning to leave a dry day with widespread spells of low winter sunshine. It may, however, turn a little cloudier across eastern areas into the afternoon.

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Christmas Day is set to be a dry and bright day for most of the country, with sunny spells dominating.

Met Éireann and the Met Office have issued warnings for heavy rain this weekend.

A rainfall warning for Cork and Kerry has been upgraded to status orange