Rural Life
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.
Soil moisture deficits
Soil moisture deficits (SMDs) are expected to decrease by 20-40mm in the south and east this week with above average precipitation forecast.
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.
Uisce Éireann has confirmed that it will extend its water conservation order, commonly known as the ‘hosepipe ban’ for 13 counties.
Met Éireann said the early days of this week will be largely dry before more unsettled weather develops bringing some heavy rain at times.
The weekend weather forecast indicates that it will stay mostly dry with some sunshine up to Monday, before becoming unsettled from Tuesday.
Tillage
Met Éireann has today (Thursday, August 20) issued a nationwide advisory for potato blight, in effect until 7:00pm today.
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.
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Farmers are being warned to brace for more scorching temperatures and drought-like conditions in future summers.
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.
Met Éireann has said that temperatures could reach highs of up to 29°C in parts of the country during this week.
Agri-Business
The benchmark measure of world food commodity prices edged up in July amid weather, energy and geopolitical concerns.
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.
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).
Opinion
The much-needed rains that fell in some parts of the country over the past few days are starting to eat into the soil moisture deficits
The weather will bring a mix of rain and dry spells across most of the country in the coming week, according to Met Éireann.
Environment
Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow rain warning, with spells of heavy thundery rain to be expected.
