Met Eireann have updated their orange weather warning to now include 15 counties as torrential rain is to hit overnight.
From 4am to 8am, there is a rain warning for Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow, Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo and Waterford.
Another yellow warning will be in place for nine hours from 1am for the entire country, a Met Eireann forecaster said: "Heavy rain will move northwards across much of the country tonight, clearing from the north and northwest on Sunday morning.
