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Hold on to that brolly. Gusts to reach up to 100km/hr today

There are two weather warnings in place.

TWO WEATHER WARNINGS are in place for Ireland as Met Eireann warns of gale force winds that will batter the coast.

An status orange weather warning is in place for Donegal, Galway and Mayo until 9pm tonight.

Windy weather 

Met Eireann states that strong winds will hit the south and southwest, with gusts expected to reach 85 to 100 km/hr.

The strongest winds will be on exposed coasts and hills.

A status yellow wind warning is in place for Dublin, Wexford, Wicklow, Leitrim, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Waterford.

Mean speeds of 45 to 55 km/hr are expected, with gusts reaching 65 to 85 km/hr in these counties.

The day ahead is to be mild with rain only affecting those in the northeast of the country.

It will be significantly warmer than in recent days with temperatures reaching 11 to 14 degrees.

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    Mute Mark Malone
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    Mar 7th 2015, 8:13 AM

    Met Eireann are going to have to review this new warning system, they’re starting to look like the boy who cried wolf now.

    All they are doing at this stage is scaring elderly people.

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    Mute Joan Ruud Donnellan-Wijnen
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    Mar 7th 2015, 8:21 AM

    @mark, I think it’s no harm, it keeps people on their guard in bad weather which is good. It’s very gusty here now in the west at the moment at times.

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    Mute Mark Malone
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    Mar 7th 2015, 8:25 AM

    @Joan, I’ll grant you its windy, but Orange and Yellow alerts make it sound an awful lot worse.

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    Mute Tom Red
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    Mar 7th 2015, 8:17 AM

    Just seen a Mary Poppins heading towards the shop and she swearing and roaring like a gutter cat…….

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    Mute Glen
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    Mar 7th 2015, 9:39 AM

    That was Jacinta!

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    Mute Jason Bourne
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    Mar 7th 2015, 8:13 AM

    Had a close one myself thismorning. Big gust pushed the car a few feet towards the edge of the road. The wind would have gotten away with it too if it wasnt for my pesky catlike reactions.

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello
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    Mar 7th 2015, 9:43 AM

    You mean you hissed at it and then got distracted by a sparrow?

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    Mute fergal ohagan
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    Mar 7th 2015, 8:13 AM

    I do like a good auld blow of a Saturday!

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    Mute Mr Phil Officer
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    Mar 7th 2015, 8:46 AM

    Hats off to anyone who braves that wind.

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    Mute Deco James Connolly
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    Mar 7th 2015, 8:26 AM

    On days like these I wish I’d invested in a wind turbine .

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    Mute Gary
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    Mar 7th 2015, 9:21 AM

    Idiotic people negatively commenting on the weather alerts seem to forget that it’s the job of Met Èireann to announce the weather and to inform us of possible dangers. A 100km per hour gust may be nothing to a young person, but it’s very different for old people or little children out with their parents. How dare Met Èireann do their job, shame on them.

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    Mute Dermot Mc Loughlin
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    Mar 7th 2015, 9:25 AM

    Yeah well what are they doing to stop these winds?
    It’s just another quango.

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    Mute OggieThe4th
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    Mar 7th 2015, 8:18 AM

    It is a great day to be testing your ‘knock down’ shot on the golf course .Fore!

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    Mute John Reese
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    Mar 7th 2015, 8:58 AM

    God I hope we get a good summer this year. Weather has been miserable since Christmas

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    Mute Stephen Earle
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    Mar 7th 2015, 9:24 AM

    Ireland, nine months bad weather then winter!!!

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    Mute jack frost
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    Mar 7th 2015, 8:43 AM

    These weather warnings are a joke. . Bit windy today folks , take it handy . ( all ya gotta say)

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    Mute ernest borgle
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    Mar 7th 2015, 9:57 AM

    Is it me or are the forecasts getting less accurate ? I was planning a barbecue today

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    Mute Deco James Connolly
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    Mar 7th 2015, 10:56 AM

    Have it anyway .

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    Mute Peter Jo
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    Mar 7th 2015, 9:07 AM

    Great day for flying a kite

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    Mute Chris Enright
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    Mar 7th 2015, 11:14 AM

    I have 30 under 6s out playing their first ever soccer game at 11.30am. Hope they all filled their pockets with weights to keep them on the pitch.

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