Thundery rain throughout Thursday night and Friday could lead to accumulations of between 30mm and 50mm in a number of counties along the western seaboard.

Met Éireann has issued the status yellow rainfall warning for counties Galway, Mayo, Clare and Kerry.

It comes into force at 9pm on Thursday night and will remain in force until 9pm on Friday night.

Farmers moved to take advantage of last weekend’s fine weather to harvest the first of winter tillage crops.

They didn’t delay in getting straw baled either with the wet weather forecast.

Field work looks set to stall, with the next few days forecast to be dominated by low pressure, resulting in changeable and unsettled conditions.

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