Farmgate restaurant has been operating in Midleton for over 40 years, and on Tuesday, it's owners confirmed that the costs to restore the building are "far beyond our means"

One reader suggests renaming the Berkeley Library in honour of those whose labours paid for Trinity College at its foundation, while another says two wrongs do not make a right in Gaza

The warning came into effect at midday and will be valid for 24 hours

More than 100,000 homes and businesses were without electricity at the peak of outages on Monday morning

Concerns have been raised about the state of several of the beech trees and a number have blown down during storms in recent years

Storm Debi marks the earliest point in a storm season the letter D has been reached in the alphabet

This is what Met Éireann has to say about the yellow, orange, and red weather warnings

Clare and Galway among counties under threat overnight as wind and rain warnings in place for entire country amid threat of thunderstorms and hail

Bus Éireann has advised that it will not be operating school transport on Monday morning in the counties affected by the Status Red and Orange warnings

Due to 'constant rain' the team at Joe's Farm Crisps has been unable to harvest the beetroot crop in the usual manner

The River Awbeg burst its banks again during Storm Babet, leaving a woman in her 80s unable to get out of her house for two weeks

Following the flooding, Midleton Chamber set up a business advice clinic with the local enterprise office for help in filling out forms

Cork County Council will also have to rebuild some bridges which were swept away and build new re-inforced riverside walls in Midleton

The first, a yellow warning for rain, came into effect this morning for Clare, Kerry and Limerick

'Sense of urgency for ambitious climate action going into Cop28 has never been higher,' climate body warns

Heavy rain last week caused the nearby River Quoile to burst its banks and saw some buildings flooded almost to their roofs

One reader responds to Michael Moynihan's comments about the stalled event centre and Cork's response to flooding, while others consider aspects of the conflict in the Middle East

The event centre is an embarrassment, a farrago of missed deadlines and shameful photo-opportunities, an indictment of those responsible

"The work crew always joke whenever I book a few days off that there must be a storm coming'

More than 1.2m French homes and businesses were left without power by the storm earlier this week

With the death last weekend of Matthew Perry, Colin Sheridan writes how he found something ‘incredibly Irish’ in the awkward and sardonic character he played in the sitcom Friends

Alert system would have given people 'precious minutes' to act, Midleton Chamber president said

At least three people were killed, bringing the storm’s death toll in western Europe to 10

The climate emergency and its impacts will not be resolved until we stop fudging the facts on the meat-heavy, overconsuming, wasteful culture we have grown accustomed to.

The Government has agreed to activate an Enhanced Emergency Business Flooding Scheme

Met Éireann says, with a month to go, its Cork City weather station has already had 135% of its average autumn rainfall

All flights from Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney airports on Thursday have been cancelled

A weather-related death was already confirmed in France. A truck driver was killed when his vehicle was hit by a tree in northern France’s inland region of Aisne

In Jersey, people have been forced to take refuge in a hotel after winds in excess of 100mph from the storm damaged property

Trade minister says he does not foresee a scenario where the Government underwrites insurance costs for businesses that cannot get cover

Irish Red Cross tasked by Government to administer two emergency flood relief schemes to Midleton, and to other areas including West Waterford and Kilkenny

Cork County Council says it deferred the €25,000 earthworks as it could have 'exacerbated flooding elsewhere in the town'

Two Met Éireann weather warnings about the storm have expired, with one remaining in place for the south and south-east

However, authorities urge people to batten down the hatches in preparation

Cork County council has issued a statement, alerting those in the area that crews are on standby to deal with flooding in several known risk locations across the county

I am writing in response to Anja Murray’s insightful article titled ‘We cannot continue to ignore natural flood management in Ireland,’ published on October 30.

Newry’s canal burst its banks, flooding Sugar Island, Kildare Street, Canal Quay and part of Bridge Street

Pádraig Hoare hears moving accounts of how the people of Midleton have pulled together in the wake of the recent flooding

Met Éireann issued an advisory for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week, saying there will be 'heavy showers or longer spells of rain at times over Ireland, with flooding likely in places'

More than 25 flood warnings have been issued for the UK before Storm Ciarán is forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rain to parts of England and Wales

“We basically have three choices: mitigation, adaptation and suffering”. This is how Barack Obama’s energy advisor, Dr John Holdren, in 2007 memorably set out the stark choices ahead. “The question is what the mix is going to be.

Additional impacts of Storm Ciarán include "poor visibility and dangerous driving conditions", the advisory adds.

Shoes and socks came off but spirits were high as revellers and water spilled onto the streets, says Jack White

Ethiopian runner smashes the record on his second attempt ahead of the 22,500 others who took part in the 42nd Dublin Marathon