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Updated 7.40pm
TWO PEOPLE HAD to be rescued from their cars in Kildare this evening as flash flooding hit the back roads between Naas and Straffan.
The lucky man and woman were taken from their cars by National Ambulance Service paramedics who were in the area – en route to a non-urgent call.
The water had started to seep into the woman’s BMW near the Blue Door and she was getting “quite scared”.
AA Roadwatch / TwitterKILDARE: The Straffan/ Kill Rd (R406) at The Blue Door is impassable due to flooding. http://t.co/EY0qAdZlYs
— The AA Ireland (@aaroadwatch) November 13, 2014
A source from the National Ambulance Service told TheJournal.ie that it has been “a horrendous day” on the roads.
Earlier today, Met Éireann issued an orange rainfall warning for Dublin and surrounding counties.
And if you were thinking “sure, it’ll ease off”, you’re out of luck.
The weather service says that “a spell of heavy rain” today will be followed by “another spell of heavy rain [tonight]” that will give rainfall of 40mm to 60mm with localised flooding.
So, in other words, heavy rain followed by more heavy rain.
Dublin, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, Meath and Monaghan will get the worst of the rain, and the warning will remain in place until 9am tomorrow.
The rest of the country will fare better, but not by much. There is a yellow rainfall warning for Munster, Connacht, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath, Cavan and Donegal that will be in effect until tonight.
As for the weekend’s weather, Met Éireann says it will be “very mixed”. For a change.
Traffic
The rain has led to traffic chaos around the country.
AA Roadwatch / TwitterMEATH P 2:Further along on the N2, the road is impassable between the Ashbourne R/A and Kilmoon Cross.Reports of a 8km tailback as a result.
— The AA Ireland (@aaroadwatch) November 13, 2014
AA Roadwatch / TwitterKILDARE: The Straffan/ Kill Rd (R406) at The Blue Door is impassable due to flooding. http://t.co/EY0qAdZlYs
— The AA Ireland (@aaroadwatch) November 13, 2014
AA Roadwatch / TwitterDUBLIN: Off ramp for J5 Balbriggan South on the M1 n'bound reopened following flooding. Delays remain on approach but should ease shortly.
— The AA Ireland (@aaroadwatch) November 13, 2014
The East Link in Dublin was closed for a period this evening, but has since reopened.
Killian Byrne / TwitterGrange Rd nearly completely flooded outside Marlay Pk. Road passable, slowly! @aaroadwatch @LiveDrive pic.twitter.com/5g6w1FReii
— Killian Byrne (@killianbyrne) November 13, 2014
Here’s the Monasterboice area this evening. (Thanks Tony McArdle for the photo)
FingalCountyCouncil / TwitterROAD CLOSURE: River Road (D15) closed due to flooding from Ashtown to Dunsink @aaroadwatch @LiveDrive @GardaTraffic
— Fingal County Council (@Fingalcoco) November 13, 2014
Live Drive / TwitterFLOODING: Burgh Quay in the right lane
— LiveDrive (@LiveDrive) November 13, 2014
Live Drive / TwitterN7 outbound left lane is flooded at J3 Citywest. People are driving through it at 120 km/h+. Extremely dangerous driving. Slow down!
— LiveDrive (@LiveDrive) November 13, 2014
AA Roadwatch / TwitterRoads v wet in various parts of country, particularly along east coast with some impassable. Details on http://t.co/qvBPcgxUj8
— The AA Ireland (@aaroadwatch) November 13, 2014
Dublin Bus / TwitterUpdate on Route 70 & Route 270 - buses are not serving Clonee and Littlepace until further notice due to flooding.
— dublinbusnews (@dublinbusnews) November 13, 2014
Traffic Mgmt. Centre / TwitterSurface water on Parkgate st outbound at bus stop & Dublinbike stand. Please drive slowly.
— Traffic Management Centre (@DCCTraffic) November 13, 2014
An Garda Síochána / TwitterDublin: Severe flooding on Blessington Road between Saggart Village and the Embankment. Motorists are advised to plan an alternative route.
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) November 13, 2014
All of this flooding is because this is what Ireland looked like earlier today:
Your view
Some of our readers have sent in what they’ve been seeing today.
Hugh sent this from Lucan:
Teresa McGuinness / Twitter@thejournal_ie this morning on O'ConnellSt pic.twitter.com/phdBaV5bh0
— Teresa McGuinness (@SweetenedVoices) November 13, 2014
Michelle O’Reilly sent these from Castleblayney Road in Dundalk.
Liam Ruth / TwitterLove our new water feature! RT @tweather_flash N11 Enniscorthy almost closed because of flash floods pic.twitter.com/wkGvQ0OjGR
— Liam Ruth (@liamruth) November 13, 2014
And this is the biblical scene in Rathoath.
But some people aren’t bothered by it at all.
This man was spotted swimming in Portmarnock today.
While these windsurfers joined him to make the most of it.
First published 3.45pm. Additional reporting Christina Finn and Sinéad O’Carroll
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Verrimus. Ex British Spooks. 100% Honest and reliable so…….
Why are people going out of their way to make Verrimus look bad? They never implicated anyone.. not did they trigger the suspicions of GSOC.
It’s quite interesting the number of people who have commented on Verrimus in the recent days. One would almost be tempted to call it astroturfing. The issue really really shouldn’t be about the findings of that company.. they can not and have not been shown to be false or misleading.
People have lost sight of the main issue altogether.. GSOC believed that a breach had taken place because some Gardai knew about stuff they shouldn’t have known about. Did Cooke address this at all? =/
Is there someone in GSOC leaking info, are the media somehow implicit? The entire report just addresses presuppositions that people had made, without actually getting to the bottom of anything, and it raises more questions than it answers.
Verrimus are experienced professionals in this field. If you read the Cooke report you will see that they performed their duties properly and co-operated fully with Cooke. I’m a techie and I could tell that these guys really know what they are talking about. In my opinion, anyone who is trying to discredit them, or their findings must have a vested interest. If you read the full report and you think that there was no surveillance, then you are an idiot.
The Cooke report is a very well orchastrated attempt to deliver facts which cannot be argued whilst ignoring a huge amount of unadressed issues.
I’ve read a lot of things from a lot of sources and the more I read, the more the Cooke report seems like a wishy washy but cleverly written document.
It’s basically the “Nothing to see here, move along” report.
So they people paid to look into this said it was never in their remit, the people who were been bugged said they weren’t been bugged and the people doing the bugging said they didn’t , I am glad that’s all cleared up then, all this from a judge, sounds about right
LM Group’s daily rant…like clockwork!
Mark, I presume you are a guard, I only deal with facts, something the guards no nothing about,
what fact??
I’m not really sure who’s patronising who here…
This is so typical. The deniers out in full force. It’s a cover up. It’s a conspiracy. It’s a …. whatever you’re having yourself. Risible. Move along there lads. You’re embarrassing yourselves – again.
Thats right John because past and present governments have an umblemished record when it comes to uncovering the truth on their own misgivings don’t they?
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