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Updated 7.43pm
THE STORM THAT left thousands without power and caused severe flooding in many areas has mostly passed, and while heavy rain is expected today, no further flooding has yet been predicted.
However, a Status Yellow warning remains in place. Snow was originally forecast, although hail is now expected, falling as sleet on higher ground.
The AA has warned motorists to be wary of icy conditions on the roads due to low temperatures overnight.
No further flooding has yet been reported, but excess surface water remains in places.
Electricity has been restored to the vast majority of customers, with the ESB predicting that the over one hundred without power this morning will see service restored by this evening.
Low temperatures
Temperatures will plummet overnight to as low as minus two degrees.
During the night, rain is expected to creep into the southwest yet again, with heavy rain forecast for Sunday with a chance of coastal flooding.
Originally published 8.15am
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In a word, brilliant.
I really enjoyed that. Love seeing pictures of 1940′s Ireland as that’s the decade my parents were born into and it’s a few second glimpse into that world.
I could watch many hours straight of footage like that from that period, but where would you get it? RTE is one of the oldest continuously operating public service broadcasters in the world but it’s TV station didn’t launch 1962 and so they can;t have anything substantial from that 40′s period I assume?
An awful lot can be found on Pathè and Movietone.
People looked so happy back then.
Before the Celtic Tiger.
Celtic Tiger turned people into ass holes
And Dublin looked great.
I remember my mother wearing a head scarf when we were kids and she was only in her 30′s.
Wonderful memory as Irish people tried to forget WW2 & tried to have some fun with snows!
Any footage from outside Dublin?
Nice article Dan.
Thanks Michael – Happy Christmas!
No problem Dan, Happy Christmas.
I’d much rather live in those times than now.
I’m sure some people reading this remember (like the footage of St Stephen’s Green) the making of slides on Dublin streets great fun for the us kids but not great for cyclists or older people.
Have a great XMas
The speed of that bus in the 2nd clip!!
Lovely movies of simpler times
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