Give us a break.
Ireland is braced for yet more heavy rain on New Year’s Day, with Met Éireann predicting torrential downpours for parts of South Leinster and South Munster.
Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary and Waterford have all been issued a status yellow weather warning, with 25 to 35 millimetres expected today and overnight.
Storm Gertrude is looming, with businesses and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin already calling for an increase in the €5m Irish Red Cross flood aid scheme announced by the government in the wake of Storm Desmond is early December.
The repair bills in Cork, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Wicklow, Wexford, Dublin, Laois and Offaly, all badly affected by Storm Frank, are expected to far outweigh that €5m budget.
“We forecast for about a week ahead and there is really no great change with spells of rain and strong winds at times,” said Met Éireann’s Joan Blackburn.
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