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KERRY County Council is advising everyone that a Status Orange wind warning remains in place until noon today. There are very high waves in coastal areas and spot flooding in places as Storm Imogen continues. The main message from the council at present is that there is a lot of […]

AN Orange Status wind warning has been issued for Kerry and Cork tonight as the latest storm heads our way. Storm Imogen will bring westerly winds reaching mean speeds of 65 to 75 km/h with gusts of 100 to 120 km/h, strongest winds along the coast. Continued below… The weather warning is […]

KERRY County Council is advising everyone to take heed of a Status Orange wind warning for counties including Kerry which has been issued by Met Éireann. Met Éireann is forecasting strong winds for the county from 10pm tonight as Storm Henry arrives. Southwest to west winds will reach mean speeds […]

AS if you hadn’t noticed already, it’s pretty windy out there today. Well it’s about to get worse as Storm Gertrude arrives tonight. Met Eireann has issued a Status Orange Wind Warning for Kerry from midnight tonight to 9am tomorrow morning. Southwest winds later veering westerly will increase 65 to 80 […]

KERRY County Council say floodwaters in many parts of the county have now receded following heavy rainfall overnight last night. All major routes are now passable and the only road to remain closed in the county is the R570 road between Glenflesk and Barraduff. However Kerry County Council is advising […]

KERRY County Council has issued an update on the weather situation around the county as of 12.30pm on Tuesday. There remains a lot of spot flooding and debris on the roads around the county this afternoon. Kerry County Council has been monitoring the situation around the county since early afternoon yesterday when […]

KERRY got the tail end of Storm Jonas last night and this morning, leaving many areas with spot flooding. Up to 25mm of rain fell across Kerry overnight from about 11pm. The road at Ballymullen had to be closed for a time earlier today as the fire service attended the scene and residents had to […]

IT’S almost a daily occurrence now, but Met Eireann has issued yet another Status Yellow rainfall warning for Kerry and Cork. In what seems like a never-ending issuing of warnings, they are predicting rainfall totals of 25 to 40 mm in 24 hours from midnight last night to midnight tonight, […]

  KERRY received a battering from Storm Frank on Tuesday and Wednesday morning with parts of Killarney being particularly badly affected. While the rain and wind has abated in many places, according to Met Eireann, there’s more bad weather on the way. They have issued a Status Yellow Wind Warning for Kerry, […]

IN case you hadn’t noticed, the weather has been pretty bad of late. There seems to be no let up in the rain and wind as it pummels the country and Kerry seems to be getting it very bad. There’s Status Yellow rainfall and wind warnings in effect for the […]

  THE earlier Status Yellow wind warning for Kerry has now been changed to the more severe ‘Orange’ status by Met Eireann. Issued at noon today, the new warning applies to Kerry, Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, and Cork. Southerly winds of mean speeds of 60 to 65km/h gusting 100 to […]

YOU may have noticed the wind picking up again. Met Eireann has issued yet another warning for today so take care out there. It’s a Wind Warning for the entire country with southeast to south winds reaching mean speeds of 50 to 65 km/h, gusting 85 to 100 km/h, during the day. Winds will […]

WHAT a difference a day makes. This is the rainfall radar image of Ireland from Met Eireann at 10.15am this morning. Hardly a shower throughout the country as Storm Desmond has passed and we can look forward to a fine day ahead with sunny spells developing. It’s a far cry from yesterday […]

THERE’S still hours to go before the rain eases off, but that’s little solace for some people in estates around town. People have been posting photos of the floods on social media all day and this one has cropped up on the Benchwarmers Twitter page which looks like a guy […]

IT’S an area prone to flooding in the past and this time it’s no different. We went to Ballymullen to see the extent of the flooding and it looks bad as you can see in the video (below) taken at 1.30pm today. The fire service and civil defence were on […]

KERRY County Council have issued advice to the public, as Kerry is about to be hit with sustained rain and winds over Friday night and all day Saturday. Met Eireann issued a level RED severe weather warning for Kerry, which is valid from 6pm today (Friday 4th December) until 3am on […]

AW crap! Just as we were looking forward to the weekend, Met Eireann have delivered the news we were dreading. It’s gonna be wet and it’s gonna be windy. There’s a Status Yellow Rainfall Warning for Kerry, Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Clare with rainfall accumulations of 25 – 50 mm  likely over the […]

GARDAÍ are appealing to all Kerry road users to exercise extreme caution on the roads this afternoon and evening in light of a level Orange weather warning issued by Met Eireann. The warning is valid from 12:00 until 21:00 hours for Dublin, Wicklow, Galway, Clare, Kerry and Limerick. With high south westerly […]

JUST when we thought we were out, they pull us back in! After weathering Storm Abigail last week, there an even worse storm on the way today in Kerry. Met Eireann have issued an Orange Wind Warning for Kerry as well as Dublin, Wicklow, Galway, Clare, and Limerick with west to […]

WINTER arrived with a bang this week, bringing with it some truly horrendous wind and rain in the shape of Storm Abigail. The bad news is, the horrible conditions are set to continue for the next two days at least, with Ireland still on a status yellow weather warning until 9pm tonight. For today, […]

WE’VE been enjoying some incredibly mild weather so far this winter, much to the chagrin of oil suppliers and fuel distributors no doubt! While the sunny weather has been intermittent over the past week, the rain is beginning to make an unwelcome return and it’s getting more and more blustery. Continued below… […]

THE wonders of Irish weather never cease to amaze. After what was a wash-out of a Summer we’re experiencing some of the finest weather in months after the clocks have gone back. In Valentia, yesterday the observatory recorded a barely believable highest temperature  of 19.5 °C – which was the warmest […]

WELL there’s good news and bad news regarding the weather this weekend. First the bad… A Yellow Status Rainfall Warning is currently in effect for Kerry, Galway, Mayo, and Clare for all day on Friday. We’ll see heavy rain in west and southwest coastal counties, with a risk of thundery downpours, mainly near […]

I KNOW you’re already perked up as it’s Friday, but here’s some more great news! The word from Met Eireann is pretty good for Kerry over the coming days, while a ridge of high pressure will stabilise over the country next week bringing warm, mild weather hitting 20 degrees at times. […]

THERE’S no let up it seems with the rain, as yet another weather warning for  Munster has been issued this morning. Met Eireann has issued a Status Yellow rainfall alert for Munster and Galway with further heavy rain at times for the rest of today and early tonight with a […]

JUST when we thought we were out, they pull us back in. Having taken a battering of torrential rain on Friday, Met Eireann says we’re in for more of the same in the next 24 hours and have issued a Status Orange rainfall alert for the county. Unusually, it’s just for Kerry and […]

THE weather has been great for the past few days but I’m afraid that’s coming to an end this evening. Met Eireann have issued an Orange Alert Rainfall Warning for Connacht, Donegal, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary. They’re saying that widespread, very heavy rain, with some thundery downpours will […]

YOU may have noticed the weather has been particularly bad this summer. Well, Met Eireann have gone and confirmed it by declaring July “cold, wet and windy everywhere” and the worst in 22 years. There was precious time to work on a colour in this part of the country with […]

  IF you’re going to the match in Killarney later I have some bad news for you. A hard rains gonna fall. Met Eireann’s forecast for Kerry and the rest of Munster this evening is for very heavy showers to come in from the west before match time (7pm) with the risk […]

Met Eireann is predicting good sunny spells, decent temperatures and it’s looking really good for early next week…Saturday though may be a problem. Though the weather has not yet hit the heights experienced in the last two summers, with temperatures expected to rise out of the teens next week, it’s a […]