Met Eireann has issued a Status Orange rain warning for 15 counties for the early hours of Sunday morning as heavy rain and thunder storms look to set to bring a "deluge" of rain across the country.
Forecasters issued a warning to the more than 70,000 people at Electric Picnic that they are in for a night of thunder storms and lightning. Met Eireann said local intense rainfall of up to 50mm is expected in Offaly, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Westmeath, Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow.
The warning will be in place from 4am to 8am on Sunday morning. There is also a Status Yellow rain warning for all of Ireland set to come into effect at 1am, lasting until 10am tomorrow.
