ESB working to repair power outages in Newbridge, Athy and Allenwood.
A clean up operation has been launched in Kildare and across the country after Storm Bessy swept across the Ireland overnight.
Over 12,000 homes and businesses lost power, with the east and south-east the most affected areas.
There is a major outage in Newbridge.
The ESB is also working to repair faults near Athy, Kilcullen and Allenwood.
Crews have been mobilised to restore power as quickly as possible, and the majority of outages are expected to be repaired by 4pm.
Castletownbere lifeboat was launched in gale force winds early this morning to help two sailors whose yacht got into difficulties in Kenmare Bay.
Videos of flooding have been put on social media from Cork, showing the main street of Carrigaline flooded.
There were four single-vehicle collisions on the M7 in Limerick overnight, as a result of drivers losing control of their vehicles.
A yellow rainfall alert has now been lifted for Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim.
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