Clare is bracing for a very wet and windy start to the Bank Holiday weekend.
Storm Austen is set to bring heavy rain and strong winds tonight, with a status Yellow wind and rain warning for Munster and Leinster coming into force at 7pm, and orange warnings to follow overnight for six southern and eastern counties.
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Met Éireann is warning of difficult travelling conditions, localised flooding, displaced debris and loose objects, as well as fallen trees and branches.
Tullycrine-based forecaster Michelle Dillon says Clare will escape the bunt of the storm tonight, but conditions are set to deteriorate here over the weekend and into next week as a second storm, Storm Boelo, tracks by Ireland.
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