The Latest Breaking News from Met Eireann

A wet few days on the way with uncertainty over just how windy it will get

From Friday, things begin to take a turn for the worse

The increase will see electricity prices rise by 19 per cent, while gas prices will rise by 29 per cent

The National Lottery has urged players to check their tickets carefully as two of Ireland’s newest million euro prizes remain unclaimed after the EuroMillions ‘Ireland only raffle draws’ this month

Met Eireann has forecast one final day of good weather on Thursday before strong gusts and scattered showers move in on Friday night and remain for much of the weekend

Outbreaks of rain will develop in the west and northwest on Friday morning and will spread over the western half of the country in the afternoon, becoming heavier

Mr Benn added that the capacity in the venue has been boosted to 70,000 since the last festival in 2019.

Taking to Twitter to urge others to be vigilant of the sophisticated scam, he said: “WARNING: My AIB account was hacked and my life savings absolutely raided. I never thought I could possibly be a victim of fraud but these guys were absolute experts"

Two people died, and a third was injured after a car transporter jack knifed, overturning on its side in an attempt to avoid the three other vehicles involved in the collision on Tuesday