Farmers recorded up to 60mm of rain in just a few hours overnight.

Counties Kerry, Cork, Waterford, Wexford and Tipperary bore the brunt of the rain, with upwards of 50mm overnight, but many more counties were affected as the band of rain spread northeast.

Met Éireann had issued orange and yellow rainfall warnings for the south of the country yesterday.

In east Cork, tillage farmer John Dunne recorded 50mm in less than 12 hours.

In Wexford, Kehoe Farming recorded more than 50mm between 7pm Saturday night and 7am Sunday morning and fellow Wexford man Michael Doran logged 30mm of rain overnight.

Met Éireann is forecasting widespread rain early on Monday night, heavy in parts, with the rain clearing into the Irish Sea during the early hours, when it will turn a bit fresher.

Tuesday will be a bright day with a mix of cloud and sunny spells. There will be a scattering of showers about also, especially over Ulster and along Atlantic coastal regions, where it will become breezy with fresh westerly winds.

Highest temperatures will be cooler than recent days at 15°C to 18°C.

Wednesday and Thursday look set to be drier.

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