Met Éireann has issued a status level blight warning for Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Waterford and Wexford. The warning will come into effect at 3.45pm on Wednesday.

Weather conditions conducive to the spread of potato blight will continue in southern and western coastal counties from Wednesday afternoon to Friday this week.

The warning is set to expire at midnight on Friday.