Environment
Soil moisture deficits will decrease across the country with more unsettled weather in the coming week, Met Éireann has said.
Rural Life
The weather this week will remain on the unsettled trend we've seen in recent days, with more persistent spells of rain developing.
Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow rain and thunderstorm warning for Ireland.
The Dualla Show has been postponed due to extremely poor weather conditions.
Met Éireann said the weather will become unsettled this weekend with some heavy and persistent rain and showers.
Weather
Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow thunderstorm warning for three counties.
A Status Yellow rain warning for drought-impacted counties in the southeast has been issued by Met Éireann.
Met Éireann said the early days of this week will be largely dry before more unsettled weather develops bringing some heavy rain at times.
Met Éireann has said that the weather conditions this week will be generally mixed, with showers expected to become widespread from mid-week.
Met Éireann has said the weekend will bring further dry weather, but more changeable conditions are forecast from Sunday.
As farmers continue to deal with the impact of the dry weather, the forecast shows below average rainfall for most areas in the next week.
Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow weather warning for high temperatures in parts of the country for the coming days.
Tillage
Met Éireann has today (Monday, August 10) issued an advisory for potato blight in parts of the country this week.
Met Éireann has said that temperatures could reach highs of up to 29°C in parts of the country during this week.
This weekend will see some spells of rain, particularly in the west and north, but a fair amount of dry weather, especially in the east.
Weather conditions conducive to the spread of potato blight will occur from Saturday evening.
July 2026 was one of the hottest, driest and sunniest months on record for Ireland, according to new data from Met Éireann.
Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow weather warning for thunderstorms in several eastern counties today (Tuesday, August 4).
The weather will bring a mix of rain and dry spells across most of the country in the coming week, according to Met Éireann.
Met Éireann has issued weather warnings, including a Status Yellow thunderstorm warning affecting Co. Cork.
The national forecaster said that weather conditions conductive to the spread of potato blight will affect many coastal regions.
Met Éireann said the August Bank Holiday weekend will bring mixed conditions, with more unsettled weather expected from Sunday.
Met Éireann has said that the coming week will bring a mixture and changeable weather conditions across the country.
