Heavy rainfall today brought flooding back to Dublin, Cork, and other parts of the country. Most of the severe flooding is beginning to recede, however.
The heavy rains have now cleared, and most of the severe flooding is beginning to recede, although the AA said there are still problems due to flooding in parts of Dublin, Wicklow, and Kildare.
The Coast Road in Dún Laoghaire is closed from the Purty Kitchen into the village, the Lower Dodder Road is closed behind Mount Carmel Hospital after the Dodder river caused flooding, and the Kylemore Road is closed at Labre Park.
This afternoon, there was heavy flooding throughout the Phoenix Park, Collins Avenue at the Swords Road, and the Ballymun Road at the Glasnevin junction.
In Cork, AA Roadwatch had reported extremely heavy surface water in the city centre.
Elsewhere, Bray Town Council issued a flood alert for the Little Bray area, but this has now been lifted.
Met Éireann had warned of heavy rain today with thunder in places - especially across the midlands, south and east, with local flooding.
There was also a gale force warning for today with northeast winds expected to be strong and gusty along all Irish coasts, although Met Éireann is forecasting that the weather will improve over the coming days.
Tomorrow is expected to be dry with winds moderating and sunny spells due on Sunday. However, Met Éireann has warned another week of adverse weather is on the way.
In the North, people in the south Down area and parts of counties Antrim and Armagh were warned of very bad weather and the risk of flooding today.
The Met Office said localised flooding was a possibility and that road conditions would be "very poor" right across Northern Ireland.
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has warned that up to €150 million worth of crops are at risk due to the deterioration of ground conditions recently.
The IFA said less than two-thirds of the harvest has been gathered and the deterioration of ground conditions as a result of continuing bad weather which is proving very frustrating for tillage farmers.
IFA spokesman Colum McDonnell said today grain farmers have experienced the most difficult situation since the mid-eighties and are becoming increasingly anxious about the remainder of the harvest.
In the north-east and midlands, only 50 per cent of the harvest is in. Persistent rainfall and high grain moistures have limited harvesting opportunities in the past three weeks.
The south and south east has seen the most progress, with over 70 per cent of the harvest complete. One feature of this year’s harvest has been the loss of straw. Up to half the crop in some areas has been chopped and spread as fertiliser.
“Every day the crop is in the ground, there is a loss in yield. Crops are overripe and prone to sprouting and straw breakdown. The excessive moisture levels and the poor ground conditions have dramatically slowed down the harvest throughput even when the rain holds off," Mr McDonnell said.
"At a time when the harvest should be coming to a close, growers are hoping for a week of sunshine to finish. If the weather doesn’t take up, crops worth €150m are at risk,” he added.