Motorists are urged to drive with extra care this morning, as a low-level yellow weather alerts remain in place in Clare.
Gusts of up to 72 kilometres per hour were recorded at Met Éireann’s Shannon station in the early hours of this morning.
There are reports of a downed tree on the Cooaraclare to Kilrush road and drivers are urged to be on the look out for fallen debris or downed wires on county roads.
The alert, which also covers Limerick, Cork, Kerry, Galway, Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo remains in place until 12 noon.
Local authority staff in Cork were forced to start pumping floodwaters off the road last night after the South suffered heavy rainfall, with footage online showing stranded motorists faced with deep surface waters.
Met Eireann forecaster Andrew Doran-Sherlock says the worst of it will clear up shortly and despite the bad start, today and tomorrow are likely to be the best days of this week.
