Weather: Severe gusts to continue into evening

Heavy rain will clear to scattered showers this afternoon.

It will remain very windy across Co Kildare this afternoon with severe gusts in places.

A Yellow Alert weather warning remains in place for Co Kildare but neighbouring counties of Dublin and Wicklow have an more serious Orange Alert warning until 9pm.

Beware of surface water and fallen debris on routes.

Rainfall levels appeared to peak around 8am this morning according to Met Eireann satellite maps.