Stormy weather conditions are set to hammer Ireland on Tuesday night with Met Eireann issuing three separate warnings.
One of the alerts is a status orange marine warning for gale force winds which was issued at 5am this morning.
A small craft marine warning is also in place today due to the high winds expected.
Update from earlier*
An orange weather warning has been issued for Cork from 9pm tonight - more here.
While 17 counties are under status yellow wind warning from 9pm tonight until 9am on Tuesday morning.
The counties included are all of Leinster, Clare, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.
The alert states: "Southerly winds will reach mean speeds of 50 to 65 km/h with gusts of up to 100 km/h. There will be a risk of coastal flooding."
But the entire country is expected to be hit with the windy weather later today as the storm-like conditions move in from the Atlantic.
A Met Eireann forecaster said: "Partly cloudy this morning with scattered showers and some sunny spells. Some showers will be heavy in the west with the risk of hail, and may merge into longer spells of rain at times.
"Cloud will increase from the southwest in the afternoon with rain arriving later in the evening as moderate to fresh southerly winds, backing southeasterly and strengthen. Highest temperatures of 5 to 10 degrees, coolest in Ulster.
"Tonight will be wet and windy. Cloud will increase through the evening with a band of rain crossing the area early in the night bringing the risk of surface flooding.
"Southeast winds will increase strong to near gale force and gusty. Gale to strong gale force winds will develop on southern and eastern coasts, producing a risk of coastal flooding. Later in the night the rain will clear to scattered blustery showers, heaviest and most frequent in the west. Lowest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees will occur early in the night."
