Warning for heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms

Met Éireann have issued an orange thunderstorm warning now for Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Meath and Wicklow up to 5pm today.

Strikes have also been detected now in the South and lots off the South coast with more thunderstorms expected to move up over the country this evening and tonight.

There is also a status orange rain warning for Waterford, Wexford, and Wicklow.

The met office has warned of very heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms throughout the rest of country for the rest of the evening, with the possibility of intense downpours leading to localised flooding.